The Presidency has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has made no decision to grant study leave to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, revealed this in an interview with Daily Trust on Saturday.
Shehu stated that his position had not changed since it was reported in another national newspaper last Saturday.
He had previously declared;
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.
According to SaharaReporters, President Buhari allowed CBN Governor Emefiele to take study leave, allowing him to leave Nigeria before the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29.
Emefiele was accused of corruption and terrorism financing in the report.
The platform also stated that the Department of State Services (DSS), which had previously attempted but failed to arrest and detain Emefiele over these allegations, was concerned about the possibility of the CBN governor escaping justice.
Tinubu accused Emefiele of introducing the Naira redesign and cashless policy through the CBN in an attempt to undermine his presidential ambitions. Emefiele had sought the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).