May 29: Don’t Allow  Corrupt Govt Officials Leaves Nigeria, CNG Tells EFCC

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By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna 

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has opined that no appointee of President Muhammadu Buhari with any corruption allegation should be allowed to leave the country.

The CNG also suggested that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, should not be allowed to leave the country until all allegations made against him are cleared.

CNG Spokesman, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman who made the call in Abuja on Thursday during a press briefing, stood against plots to scuttle the May 29 handover.

He added that those with such motives should be taken as enemies of the state and be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the land. 

Suleiman said, “We demand that when the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari bows out of office, all key office holders must be asked to clear themselves of all pending corruption and other allegations against them.”

He explained  that the CNG insisted in particular that the CBN governor must be made to give an account of his tenure to the incoming administration, saying that if any study leave has been approved for Emefiele or any other suspected official, it should be canceled in the interest of peaceful transfer of power, accountability and good governance.

The CNG observed that just recently, precisely on Monday May 15, 2023, the Nigeria Police headquarters confirmed that plots to scuttle the May 29 official inauguration of the new administration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and governors at the state level are real.

Suleiman said that CNG demands that anybody or group found remotely involved with the financing, direct execution or concealing information on this sinister and diabolic scheme, be treated appropriately as a treasonable felon and enemy of the state and fellow citizens.

The group further urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to extend its investigation of corrupt practices to all ministries, departments and agencies of government.

It said it rejects the purported plan to limit the searchlight to only outgoing state governors and demands that the EFCC Chairman carries out a holistic probe by extending the beam on the Presidency, Federal Government ministries, parastatals and cabinet members of the outgoing administration.

He added that the group also demands a thorough search into allegations against the EFCC itself, as well as the disabling volume of debt amassed for the country by the outgoing administration.

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