Presidency denies knowledge of Emefiele study leave approval

Presidency denies knowledge of Emefiele study leave approval  

The Presidency says it is not aware of any approval by President Muhammadu Buhari granting study leave to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said on Sunday in a reaction to inquiries from Daily Trust.

He said his position as earlier reported on the matter had not changed.

The presidential spokesman had earlier said, “If the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been granted study leave supposedly by President Muhammadu Buhari, this is unknown to us.

“It is also unknown to the President’s secretariat headed by the Chief of Staff.”

An online news medium, SaharaReporters, had said the CBN Governor had been granted study leave by President Buhari to flee Nigeria before the inauguration of the president-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on May 29.

It added that it was an opportunity for Emefiele to flee the country before Buhari leaves office amid corruption and terrorism-financing allegations against the CBN governor.

The online news medium said the country’s secret police, the Department of State Services, which made futile attempts to arrest and detain Emefiele in the past over the allegations against him, was not happy about the prospect of seeing the CBN governor evade justice.

Emefiele who made attempt to secure the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, was accused by Tinubu of introducing the Naira redesign and cashless policy through the CBN to sabotage his presidential ambition.

 

 

Presidency denies knowledge of Emefiele study leave approval