“We are Asking for Money They Are Showing Us Gun”: Shehu Sani Reacts as Godwin Emefiele is Arraigned in Court

“We are Asking for Money They Are Showing Us Gun”: Shehu Sani Reacts as Godwin Emefiele is Arraigned in Court

  • Senator Shehu Sani said Nigerians want the recovery of looted funds during Muhammadu Buhari's administration
  • The former federal lawmaker stated this while reacting to the arraignment of the suspended CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele
  • Emefiele was arraigned before the Federal High Court, Ikeja in Lagos over alleged illegal possession of firearms

Former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the arraignment of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele at the Federal High Court in Lagos.

Sani said Nigerians expect to see the recovery of looted funds and a genuine effort to probe the financial recklessness during Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

Shehu Sani speaks on Emefiele's trial/Godwin Emefiele in prison/ Godwin Emefiele in court/ Shehu Sani and Emefiele
Shehu Sani says Nigerians want to see recovery of looted fund if any from the trial of Godwin Emefiele. Photo Credits:@ShehuSani/theCableng
Source: Twitter

Writing on Tuesday, July 25, on his Twitter handle, @ShehuSani, he said the collaborators and beneficiaries of the financial plunder should be brought to book.

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The former federal lawmaker said Nigerians are asking for money and not guns.

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Emefiele was arraigned over alleged illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

He wrote:

“The expectation of the Nation is that there is a genuine effort to investigate the financial recklessness and plunder of the Central Bank under the Buhari administration, bring the collaborators and beneficiaries to book and recover looted funds where necessary. We are asking for the money they are showing us the Gun.”

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Nigerians have reacted following the arraignment of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

Emefiele is in court over alleged illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

Tension as DSS rearrests Emefiele despite court’s bail

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, July 25 re-arrested suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, after a tussle with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS).

Emefiele’s re-arrest occurred after Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos admitted the embattled and suspended apex bank chief to bail in the sum of the N20m.

Source: Legit.ng

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