Group alleges plot to attack CBN headquarters

The Coalition of National Interest Defenders, a human rights organisation, raised the alarm on Thursday about a new scheme to launch what it described as a concerted attack and smear campaigns against the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over the central bank’s policies.Information Guide Nigeria

The organisation, which claimed that plans to attack the CBN Headquarters had been finalised, said that the Department of State Services was intending to re-arrest Emefiele despite a court order.

Tochukwu Ohazuruike, the Convener of CNID, stated that a plan was already in place to fabricate another allegation to help them arrest Emefiele, force him to resign, and pave the way for the appointment of a DSS stooge as acting CBN governor, despite numerous judgements from courts of competent jurisdiction.

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While calling for the President’s intervention, Ohazuruike said, “Despite the clear and direct orders of the High court of the FCT, the DSS was insistent that it would arrest Emefiele. The flagrant violation of the rule of law is very worrisome. Nigeria is a democracy and as such, the rule of law must prevail at all times.”NYSC portal

He said that the attempt to depose the CBN Governor was funded by money launderers, vote buys, election riggers, and corrupt politicians.

“Some governors who looted the bailout funds to their states from whom the CBN recovered huge amounts including a governor from whom the CBN recovered N20bn are part of those asking for Emefiele’s head”, he said.JAMB portal

He said that nearly $2 million had been raised to organise media smear campaigns and protests against Emefiele and the CBN.

The CSOs urged the DSS to apologise to Emefiele for the pain he had endured, as well as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to apologise and express support for his policies.

Ohazuruike posed a number of queries on the reportedly plundered N89tn stamp tax fund.

He said, “How it could be possible that N50 charge on electronic transactions be more than the entire financial transactions in our country? How can they say we have N89tn from stamp duty of N50 charge while the entire nation’s foreign reserve is not near that amount?

“How is it possible that we can have N89tn while the entire assets of our nation’s banks, bank profit and all deposit in the banks are not up to that amount? How can we have N89tn from just N50 charges when the nation’s total budget since 2016 that President Muhammadu Buhari first presented a budget till date is just about N95tn?JAMB Result

“It means that this amount could have funded all the budgets of the country since this administration assumed office. Just how could that be?”

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