‘We Are LP Faction, But We Hail Tinubu For Arresting Emefiele’

‘We Are LP Faction, But We Hail Tinubu For Arresting Emefiele’

We may be a faction of the Labour Party (LP), but we hail President Bola Tinubu for arresting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele.

So says the Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party, which has added that the administration going after the banker shortly after his suspension by the president was commendable.

The faction said this much via a statement by its spokesman, Dr Abayomi Arabambi.

If first commended Nigerians for witnessing democracy day, then added:

“Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the Peter Obi-Abure-led faction of the Labour Party Spokesperson, Obiorah Ifoh where he irresponsibly claimed that the suspension approved by the president is unconstitutional, vindictive and not in good taste.

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“We were all living witnesses to the travails of Nigerians to the different anti-masses policies rolled out to Nigerians by the embattled CBN Governor, and as a responsible Party, we will not just sit down and condemn a lawful inquiry into the years of the inglorious and corrupt reign of Emefiele, but rather called on the relevant security agencies to properly look into the action and deeds of the ex-governor.

“It is on records that Peter Obi and Julius Abure criminally appropriated to themselves an illegal labour party campaign fund to the tune of N12b and $15m the fund they had access to during the inglorious days of the grossly incompetent stints of the suspended CBN Governor Mr Godwin Emefiele through the deliberate affliction of pain and agony on the generality of Nigerians.

We Are LP Faction, But We Hail Tinubu For Arresting Emefiele

“The Obiorah statements are laced with tribalism, egocentrism and nepotism, and what this tells us is that all the rumours that Emefiele was part of those that sponsored the Presidential bid of Peter Obi may be true after all.

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“How do we explain that people with sane minds will be supporting somebody that kept millions of Nigerians on their knees for almost nine years with records of impunity, poorly-executed fiscal and monetary policies?

“For the first time in Nigeria’s history, a sitting Central Bank Governor was seen dabbling into politics, yet Obiorah never sees the reason why he must be investigated and prosecuted if found guilty”.

The group also accused the suspended CBN governor for what it described as terrorism financing adding: “Also during his tenure, we were informed how DSS accused Emefiele of terrorism financing.

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“He was accused of funding the activities of the proscribed pro-Biafra group, IPOB and others. As a party, we will not support any acts of witch hunting, nor support any move to suppress good moves at getting to the root of Nigeria’s economic crisis under Emefiele.

“We, therefore, called on DSS and other security agencies to distinctly carry out their investigation workout any hindrance and inform the public of their findings as Nigerians are waiting patiently to know why they were so impoverished under the policy reel out by Emefiele,” he stated.