Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said the allegations against former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, are so numerous to the point that the Federal Government does not know which charge to pin on him.
He said that yesterday during a thanksgiving service organised by the representative of Rivers South-East Senatorial District, Barinada Mpigi, in Koroma, Tai Local Council of the state.
The number three citizen also blamed the economic hardship sweeping through the land on the policies and actions that “they took.” He did not specify who “they” entails. Akpabio further said the prevailing hunger and economic straits are consequences of almost 60 years of rot.
The erstwhile governor of Akwa Ibom State appealed to Nigerians to be patient, while promising that the current administration would deliver on the promises they “campaigned and danced” around the country for.
“So, the kind of debt and the economic mess that we are in… and lots of people do not understand,” Akpabio said.
He continued: “I remember President Obama saying you cannot know Washington until you get to Washington. So, by the time we went in to look at the economic situation of the country, it was terrible.
“So, you know that the former governor of the central bank, we don’t even know what to charge him with.
“Whether to charge him for putting foam on top of a pail, or to charge him for illegal possession of firearms, or to charge him for printing notes without income. I don’t know what we’re going to charge him with.
“But what we know is that yes, there is hunger today because of the kind of policies and actions that they took, and we recognise that, and I think every political party should recognise that there is hunger, and we’re battling to ensure that Nigerians can sleep with their eyes closed.
“There is insecurity. We’re battling to ensure Nigerians can eat three square meals a day.
“But rest assured that we campaigned for this job, we campaigned and danced around the country. We will not let you down.”
