Osita Nwanisiobi, head of corporate communications of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has reacted to rumours of the sack of Godwin Emefiele, governor of the bank, nothing that he’s not aware of the purported sack.
Some bloggers had on Wednesday, reported that Emefiele was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari over his controversial presidential bid.
However, Nwanisobi who spoke to Nairametrics, denied the rumours, stating that “he is not aware of any sack of the CBN Governor”.
The CBN Governor has been under pressure since he declared interest in running for president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Emefiele had approached the court seeking a restrain of the Board of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from hindering him from running for the office of the president.
The judge granted the order following an ex-parte motion filed by one Nkwo Augustine Eddiego against the Board of the Central Bank of Nigeria and INEC seeking an order to restrain the defendants.
However, sources indicate the Presidency was unhappy with the moves chiding him for taking INEC to court for a matter that was not in contention.
Mr. Emefiele has since withdrawn the suit against INEC and Attorney General from restraining him from contesting for President