From Buhari to Governors, Senators: Sowore Lists High-Profile Names To Go Down With Emefiele

From Buhari to Governors, Senators: Sowore Lists High-Profile Names To Go Down With Emefiele

  • The African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 polls, Omoyele Sowore, has reacted to the charges against suspended CBN governor Godwin Emefiele
  • Sowore described the allegations as a sham and decoy to buy time for those at the helm of affairs in government
  • He said the real offence of Emefiele would drag down ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, his families and in-laws

Human rights activists and the 2023 Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, have questioned the way the Department of State Security (DSS) is handling the issue of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele.

Sowore's reaction via a tweet on Saturday, July 15, was on the heels of the federal government filing a two-count charge of illegal processions of firearm and ammunition against Emefiele before the Federal High Court in Lagos.

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Sowore, Buhari, Emefiele
Sowore said the charges filed against Emefiele were not his real offences. Photo Credit: Omoyele Sowore/Facebook, Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images and Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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The human rights activist revealed that the charges against Emefiele were just a bid to buy time from the people he alleged the DSS to be protecting.

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His tweet reads:

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"For those who may not be familiar with the modus of the @OfficialDSSNG, holding @GodwinIEmefiele had nothing to do with the gravity of his high crimes, the game is to hold him on behalf of those in power.
"If @GodwinIEmefiele was to be prosecuted for his real financial crimes, economic sabotage, money laundering and terrorism financing involvement, FX round tripping etc… he would take down with him @MBuhari, and his entire family, in-laws, members of his inner circle, lots of @OfficialAPCNg leaders, state governors, Senators, media practitioners, military and police top brass and even people in @OfficialDSSNG, @officialEFCC as well as civil society."

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Sowore also alleged that part of the strategy deployed by the DSS was to negotiate with the embattled Emefiele before his release from detention.

He wrote:

"A lot would come crashing down. Right now, negotiations are ongoing, this is just the “holding charge” before they let him go!"

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Meanwhile, there is a call for ex-President Muhammadu Buhari's arrest and prosecution following the detainment of suspended CBN governor Godwin Emefiele.

Barrister Kingdom Okere made this call on Friday, July 13, stating that whatever Emefiele might have done to warrant his detainment must have gotten the approval of Buhari.

He stated that there is no decision made by the CBN governor that does not have presidential approval before implementation.

Source: Legit.ng

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Segun Adeyemi (Current Affairs and Politics Editor) Segun Adeyemi is a journalist with over 9 years of experience as an active field reporter, editor, and editorial manager. He has had stints with Daily Trust newspaper, Daily Nigerian, and News Digest. He currently works as an editor for Legit.ng's current affairs and politics desk. He holds a degree in Mass Communication (Adekunle Ajasin University). He is a certified digital reporter by Reuters, AFP and the co-convener of the annual campus journalism awards. Email: segun.adeyemi@corp.legit.ng.