Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has
said he would not appear before the House of Representatives to answer
questions on the $50million recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), from an Ikoyi apartment in Lagos.
The lower chamber’s investigation is being conducted by
House Committee on National Security and Intelligence chaired by an All
Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker from Zamfara State, Aminu Sani-Jaji.
The committee had summoned Emefiele thrice but he had
refused to show up.
It also invited the suspended Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Dr. Ayo Oke, the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu; and the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.) to testify.
Emefiele in a letter to the Reps, said it was inappropriate
for him to come because he would be in breach of the National Security Agencies
Act.
In the letter, which was read out to members by Sani-Jaji,
the CBN Governor stated that the Act prohibited the disclosure of security information
publicly.
He also said a panel headed by Acting President Yemi
Osinbajo was already investigating the issue.
Sani-Jaji in his reaction said Emefiele was acting like
“someone who lacks the capacity to differentiate between a legislature and the executive
arm of government.
“This CBN governor doesn’t even know that there is something
called separation of powers.”
By Ifreke Inyang
