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Emefiele Probe: Don’t Let Yourselves Be Used By Politicians – Saraki Tells DSS
The plot to remove Godwin Emefiele as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), according to former Senate President Bukola Saraki, is connected to the 2023 election.
The former governor of Kwara issued a warning to security organizations not to allow themselves to be used to rig the presidential election.
Emefiele was accused of supporting terrorism and committing economic crimes by the Department of State Services (DSS), which hurts the apex bank’s reputation and raises concerns about additional currency depreciation.
Saraki stated this in a statement on Wednesday through his Media Office in Abuja, while reacting to the recent court case in which the De-partment of State Services (DSS) accused the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, of terrorism and other sundry charges.
DSS seeks a court order for Emefiele’s arrest.
“As somebody who had been wrongly accused of involvement in the Offa robbery by political opportunists and manipulators before their evil plots are now beginning to unravel in the court of law, I feel that a similar intrigue is being woven by those who are bent on sabotaging the 2023 election as the obvious outcome is not going their way.
“In this court case in which the CBN governor is being accused of terrorism through a suit which the Federal High Court has now described as frivolous and without con- crete evidence, my position is not to support Emefiele but to support democracy which is being targeted by the plotters.
“With all the due respect that I have for the DSS as a very professional security agency, I still find it very difficult to understand what led to the charges, why concrete evidence that will enable the court to take a good decision was not provided and why the department gave room for suspicion and speculations as the case file has gaping holes as noted by the Honourable Judge John Tsoho.
“One of the suspicions this case has raised is that it is part of a grand plot by those who want to undermine and sabotage the coming general election because their calculation on vote buying, rigging, and excessive use of money is falling apart.
“The CBN guidelines have derailed the plan of those who believe that they will not allow the ‘one man, one vote’ system in which the electorate freely choose their representatives in a fair and peaceful atmosphere.
“I urge the DSS, police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the military, and all security agencies to be wary of political manipulators, despots, and anarchists who may want to use the case to derail the free and fair election regime that the new Electoral Act, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and President Muhammadu Buhari have promised.
“These same undesirable elements in the political process have attempted to use the National Assembly to scuttle the electoral process by frustrating the provisions on electronic transmission of results, use of Biometric Voters Accreditation System (BVAS), the new guidelines on currency change and cash withdrawal. They failed. They have also put pressure on the presidency to reverse some of these innovations.
“They did not succeed. Now, they are resorting to the use of the judiciary.
“Their desperate resort to the manipulation of the judicial process and the use of security agencies that may be inadvertently lending support to the plot without knowing the full implication and ramifications should remind Nigerians of the antics of the Association for Better Nigeria (ABN) which was used by antidemocratic elements during the military transition programme in the early 90s.
“I, hereby, urge the security agencies to distance themselves from the anarchists and anti-democratic elements masquerading as democrats or political players.
“With the current situation in the country, all the citizens, national institutions, residents, and foreign friends of Nigeria should commit to the goal of having free, fair, peaceful and credible polls in 2023.
“It is my prayer that next years election should provide a positive turning point for rebuilding, refocusing, resetting, redeeming, restructuring, repositioning, and revamping our country.”
The Osun State Government has disclosed that submission of entries for the state’s logo design competition has come to an end.
This was contained in a statement in Osogbo on Friday.
Consequently, the state government has named a panel of judges to review the entries and nominate the first top three from the over hundred submissions.
According to the statement, “The panel includes veteran broadcaster, Olusola Ajala; brand specialist, Dayo Oderinu; senior bureaucrat, Moshood Suleiman; Segun Yedupe and ace graphic artist, Kazeem Olalekan.”
It added that the next step would be a review of all entries by the panel of judges, after which the best three designs would be unveiled by His Excellency, Governor Ademola Adeleke, on the 30th of April, 2024.
“As a Government, we are deeply impressed by the incredible talents demonstrated by every participant.
“The competition has once again proven the creativity and the abundance of talents possessed by Osun indigenes, whether at home or away,” it added.
The statement also noted that while the competition lasted, participants showed exceptional efforts as reflected in the thousands of entries recorded.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has acknowledged the reimbursement of $760,000.00 initially paid by former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello as advance school fees for his children attending the American International School, Abuja.
EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale confirmed this update in Abuja on Friday.
He said, “The school has refunded the entire $ 760, 000 to the EFCC’s recovery account.”
Earlier, the American International School of Abuja had urged the EFCC to provide valid banking information for the reimbursement of fees paid for the ex-governor’s children.
Allegedly, Bello used $720,000 from Kogi State Government funds to prepay tuition for five of his children enrolled in Grades 2 to 8.
Recall that on April 17, EFCC operatives besieged Bello’s residence in Abuja in a bid to apprehend him regarding an alleged N80.2 billion fraud.
During the operation at the residence, Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo reportedly arrived and escorted Bello away.
In a letter directed to the Lagos Zonal Commander of the EFCC, the school stated that $845,852 had been paid in tuition “from September 7, 2021, to the present.”
AISA noted that $760,910 is the refundable amount after deducting already provided educational services.
The letter reads “Please forward to us an official written request, with the authentic banking details of the EFCC, for the refund of the above-mentioned funds as previously indicated as part of your investigation into the alleged money laundering activities by the Bello family.
“Since the 7th September 2021 to date, $845,852.84 in tuition and other fees have been deposited into our bank account.
The calculated net amount to be transferred and refunded to the State, after deducting the rendered educational services, stands at $760,910.84.
“No further additional fees are anticipated for tuition as the students’ fees have been settled until their graduation from ASIA.”
The school stated that it would alert the anti-graft agency if any further deposits were made by the Bello family.
In a statement signed by Greg Hughes, AISA also disclosed, “Ali Bello contacted the school on Friday, August 13, 2021, requesting to prepay the family’s school fees until the students graduate from High School.”
EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede previously disclosed that the former governor transferred $720,000 from the government’s funds to a bureau de change before leaving office, intending to prepay his child’s school fees.
Olukoyede made this revelation during an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday.
He stated, “A sitting governor, because he knows he is going, moved money directly from government to bureau de change, used it to pay the child’s school fee in advance, $720,000 in advance, in anticipation that he was going to leave the Government House.
“In a poor state like Kogi, and you want me to close my eyes to that under the guise of ‘I’m being used.’ Being used by who at this stage of my life?”he added
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