The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday said a former
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Charles Chukwuma, has no case
to answer regarding investigations into allegations of bribery involving
Securency Pty Ltd of Australia and officials of both the CBN and the
Nigerian Security Printing and Minting (NSPM) Plc over the supply of
polymer substrate to Nigeria.
Speaking at a press conference
in Abuja, EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, said after extensive
investigation, the commission found that Mr. Soludo had nothing to do
with the matter.
Saying no wrongdoing was established against him, the EFCC boss said the former CBN governor has since been cleared.
Following
the October 1, 2009 launch of the polymer bank notes in Nigeria, which
saw the N5, N10, and N50 notes remade in polymer material as against the
original paper version, a scandal broke that CBN and NSPM officials
received bribes to effect the switch to polymer.
In January
2013, the EFCC summoned Mr. Soludo (as Governor of CBN and chairman of
the Board of NSPM at the time the alleged offence was committed) to
clarify matters and state what he knew about the matter.
The former CBN Governor consistently denied any wrongdoing.
Credit: Nnenna Ibeh/Premium Times
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