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Thursday 26 November 2020

AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina Defends Yakubu Gowon Over Allegation of Looting CBN

Adesina defends Yakubu Gowon accused of stealing

Adesina defends Yakubu Gowon accused of stealing

Corruption and stealing allegations against a former Nigerian militaray ruler, Yakubu Gowon has been dismissed by Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The economist took to his Twitter to defend Yakubu Gowon over allegations that he looted the CBN when he was overthrown in 1975.

Few days back, a member of the United Kingdom parliament, Tom Tugendhat, Yakubu Gowon, stole half of the Central bank of Nigeria, CBN.

Speaking at the parliament’s debate on the #EndSARS crisis on Monday, the lawmaker alleged that Gowon stole the money while he was leaving office and moved to London.

The MP disclosed that some Nigerian politicians have stolen from the coffers of the government and moved to London to hide their loot. He, however, asked the UK government to call out the corruption in Nigeria and use its power to stop the looting happening in Africa’s most populous country, Politics NGR reports.

Tugendhat also asked the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and the UK parliament to stop corrupt Nigerian politicians from profiting from the wealth of Nigeria and hiding it in England. He also urged the UK government to stop funding some Nigerian security agencies which he described as corrupt.

However, Adesina who is Nigeria’s former minister of agriculture described the allegation as misinformation in a tweet he posted on Thursday, November 26.

He wrote: “Be careful of misinformation! H.E. General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former Head of State, is a man of great honour, decency, honesty, amazing simplicity, humility and integrity. I know him. A great and admirable elder statesman of Nigeria. His honesty and integrity are impeccable.”


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