By Tony Obiechina, Abuja

The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN has debunked media reports which alleged that the Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele has launched a “fresh plot against President-elect” as fake news.

CBN Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Dr Abdulmumin Isa in statement on Monday described the story which was published in the Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023 edition, as “fake news”.

Dr Isa also noted that the story went further to allege that the Governor has made certain amount of money available to a political aspirant ahead of March 18, 2023, governorship elections.

The statement reads:
“The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to a story
published in The Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023 edition,
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 a certain amount of money available to a candidate ahead of the March 18, 2023, gubernatorial poll.

“We wish to inform members of the public that this story is completely false and
malicious as the CBN Governor does not know and has never met or even
spoken with Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, either in person or through a proxy.

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
by providing any facts.

“As such, the Governor and his team at the CBN should be allowed to focus on
their assigned job with a view to achieving the statutory mandate of the Bank”.