Buhari accuses opposition of flooding Nigeria with foreign currencies to rig election

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed astonishment at the huge amount of foreign currency flooding the country, intended to influence the general elections beginning on Saturday.

A statement by his senior special assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, on Thursday, quoted Buhari as saying this during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting Wednesday.

“The President accused some politicians of flouting money laundering regulations in their desperate bid to capture political power,” Shehu said.

President Buhari however, commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for successfully tracking the money in “millions of United States dollars.”

Shehu claimed that the EFCC success followed the presidential directive to investigative agencies to probe a number of high profile cases.

READ ALSO: Oshiomhole meets Edo APC leaders, says no room for ballot box snatching

Reassuring the nation of his administration’s determination to wage a relentless war against money laundering and terrorist financing, the President again appealed to Nigerians, especially politicians to place the interest of the country above all others, as they troop out to cast their votes in the coming elections.

 

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now