Gowon has broken silence on looting half of CBN.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that a former military head of state, Yakubu Gowon, has described allegations that he looted half of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as “rubbish”.
Tom Tugendhat, a member of the UK Parliament, had made the claims that Gowon stole half of CBN during a debate on the Lekki tollgate shootings of protesters.
Speaking at the UK parliament committee debate on a petition on the #EndSARS crisis, the UK Parliament member had urged the UK to call out corruption and use its powers to stop who profit from Nigeria’s wealth and hide it in foreign countries.
Gowon Stole Half Of CBN – UK Parliament Member (Video)
“Some people will remember when General Gowon left Nigeria with half of the Central Bank, so it is said, and moved to London,” he said.
However, Gowon described the allegations as “rubbish” in an interview with the BBC.
Gowon said: “What the MP said is rubbish. I don’t know where he got that rubbish from. I served Nigeria diligently and my records are there for all to see.
“I did not want to speak on this issue because people that know me know that what the MP said is not true.”
Meanwhile, NewsOne Nigeria reports that Gowon was Nigeria’s Head of State from 1966 to 1975.
