The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has called for restraint on the terrorism allegation against the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele.
The PDP, in a veiled allegation, alleged that those behind the onslaught against the CBN governor were those it described as ‘politicians with bullion vans’.
This was as the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation said it had reviewed the allegation against Mr. Emefiele and that his position was very sensitive to the country’s economy.
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Spokesperson of the Council, Kola Ologbondiyan, made the call in a statement issued, on Tuesday.
Ologbondiyan’s statement read in part: “Ambitious politicians that run activities with bullion vans and raw cash are out to destroy the nation’s financial institutions, particularly, the CBN, for their selfish political interests.”
The PDP stalwart stated that it is important to maintain the CBN’s stability because Nigeria’s apex bank is critical to the economic and social health of the nation.
Ologbondiyan added that Nigerians must not fall prey to politicians that are corrupt and are out to gain control of national patrimony and its resources for their personal ambitions.
On the eve of the 2019 election, it was alleged that some bullion vans conveyed money into the residence of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Many have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the allegation against the APC stalwart.
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Recall that House of Representatives had ordered the CBN to suspend its directives to banks to limit cash withdrawals to N100,000 for individuals and N500,000 for organisations per week.
Many lawmakers argued that the new policy will cripple small businesses and have economic effects in rural areas with limited banks.
The Green Chamber had also ordered the apex bank governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to appear before the House, on Thursday.