New Naira Notes: Emefiele has weaponised the CBN and is an enemy of democracy – Femi Fani-Kayode

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has alleged that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has weaponized the apex bank and that he wants to derail the country’s democracy by provoking an uprising.

He claimed Emefiele wanted to cause a crisis and provoke an uprising against the government, which would pave the way for an Interim National Government (ING).

The former Minister made the statement in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday. According to him, Emefiele has plans to starve Nigerians as he is yet to make a plan to release enough new naira notes

He wrote, ”Emefiele has weaponised the CBN and is an enemy of democracy. The policy of cancelling old notes must be totally cancelled until AFTER the election and then done lawfully. He wants to cause a crisis, provoke a people’s uprising, derail our democracy and pave the way for an ING.

”He has NO plans to release enough new naira notes any time soon. He wants to STARVE the people of cash & drive them to rage out of frustration. This is not about politics but about stoking up protest & revolution. This is subversion & destabilisation. He must be stopped & caged!”