A former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has accused the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari of being full of manipulations and fraudulent approvals.
Shittu made the revelation during an interview session on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday.
“Let me tell you, there were a lot of manipulations, and we even heard that a lot of the so-called approvals did not emanate from President Buhari,” Shittu stated.
The former lawmaker in the Second Republic served as minister between 2015 and 2019 under Buhari
While reacting to comments that the immediate past government printed excess money to run the economy, he revealed that many persons close to the ex-president manipulated things in their favour, thereby plunging the country’s economy into crisis.
Shittu said, “There were a lot of manipulations and fraudulent approvals which did not emanate from the President.
“I am telling you confidently that a lot of it did not get his attention.
“There were a lot of people around the President who exploited their relationship with the President and conspired with the then-CBN governor.”
The former minister, however, called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to wade into the matter and ‘probe properly.’
“I hope the EFCC will probe properly as to how these things happen without the President knowing,” he concluded.
Recall that the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, recently stated that many approvals for releasing funds within the Central Bank of Nigeria under Godwin Emefiele did not have the immediate past President’s signature.
Emefiele was first appointed as CBN governor by President Goodluck Jonathan but was retained by Buhari, who renewed his tenure at the apex bank.
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