I Am Not Plotting Against President Elect, Bola Tinubu – Emefiele

By Ayodele Oni

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, says he is done with politics and, for now, has nothing to do with it.

Reacting to media report that he is plotting against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, Emefiele described the claim as “false and malicious.”

He was said to be plotting with a “billionaire retired General” from the north and provided funds to Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivor, the Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, to enable him defeat Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the incumbent.

But in a statement issued on Monday, Isa Abdulmumin, CBN’s acting director of corporate communications, said Emefiele “does not take part in politics”.

The report states that “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to a story alleging that the Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has launched a ‘fresh plot against President-elect’.

“The aforementioned story went further to allege that the Governor has made certain amount of money available to a political aspirant ahead of March 18, 2023 Gubernatorial poll.

“We wish to reiterate that the CBN Governor does not take part in Politics and, therefore, urge anyone with contrary information to prove the Governor wrong should provide such facts.”

Emefiele had, in the weeks running up to the Presidential Primary of the APC, shockingly, picked both the show of interest and nomination forms at the cost of N100m. It was the first time, in Nigeria, a sitting CBN Governor would brazenly dabble into partisan politics. Not a few people expected him to be fired by President Muhammadu Buhari. But that did not happen. He was, simply, allowed to drop his interest in running, and continues to sit pretty on his chair.