The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has been suspended, and Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, the leading Igbo socio-cultural group, has denounced the move and called it an act of ethnic cleansing on the part of President Bola Tinubu.
According to a statement by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, the suspension is due to an investigation into his office.
The Leadership newspaper reports that the group aired their point of view according to a statement made by the Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Director of National Interest Matters, Mazi Chima Uzor.
The group asserts that Emefiele’s suspension was unlawful and that it was made intentionally to exclude Igbos from holding public office as part of the current administration’s deliberate efforts to push this agenda.
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The statement reads: “The Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Worldwide hereby condemns in its entirety the suspension of Dr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor by the administration of President Bola Tinubu. To say the least, this suspension is without due process and the arrest despite a court order against DSS from arresting him is provocative and well-meaning Nigerians must resist it and ensure that it does not stand.
“We view the development as clearly part of the new administration’s scheme of ethnic cleansing of the Igbos from public offices. This is nothing but witch-hunting directed at the Igbos for no other reason other than they dared to oppose the new administration in the last general elections.
“We are therefore asking President Bola Tinubu to beware of starting his administration with actions capable of driving an already shaking nation into chaos.
“He should be humble enough to rescind this unpopular decision and allow Dr Emefiele to complete his term as the governor of the apex bank instead of rocking the boat and destroying all the reforms that were carried out by the CBN under Emefiele’s leadership.”
