Some extremely wealthy Nigerians had CBN in their pockets – Shehu Sani

Senator Shehu Sani, seemingly reacting to the report of the Jim Obazee committee which investigated the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and indicted several prominent wealthy people in the country, emphasised that some extremely wealthy citizens in the country had the CBN in their pockets to sustain their status.

Shehu Sani, in a statement declared that

Senator Shehu Sani
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“It’s increasingly becoming evident that the reason why some people became extremely wealthy in the country was that the Central Bank was in their pockets.”

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The Jim Obazee committee report was said to have indicted Aliko Dangote of allegedly accessing $3.4 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria during the Godwin Emefiele tenure as CBN Governor.

The President had in July appointed a committee to investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria and report findings to him.

The committee report had revealed that “N3 trillion was allegedly misappropriated on two projects under Godwin Emefiele as the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor.

The funds were allegedly linked to COVID loans and the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme.

President Bola Tinubu had in a letter dated July 28, 2023, appointed Jim Obazee, Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, as the special investigator, to probe the CBN.

The Jim Obazee committee was “said to have been receiving death threats from very highly place members of the society who were  indicted for various financial crimes”; in the CBN report.

Meanwhile, the President was said to have ordered those indicted in the committee report to “go and refund the money”.  President Tinubu was also said to have shut his door against any form of lobbying for cover up on the indictment.