President Muhammadu
Buhari says there is a huge amount of foreign currency flooding the country
intended to influence the outcome of the general election beginning on
Saturday.
According to Garba Shehu, the president’s senior
special assistant on media and publicity, Buhari raised the alarm during the
federal executive council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday.
Shehu said the president accused some
politicians of flouting money laundering regulations in their desperate bid to
capture political power.
He, however, commended the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for successfully tracking the money in
“millions of United States dollars”.
According to him, the EFCC success followed the
presidential directive to investigative agencies to probe a number of high
profile cases.
He reassured the nation of his administration’s
determination to wage relentless war against money laundering and terrorist
financing.
Buhari also reiterated his appeal 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’’.
Shehu’s statement comes hours after the EFCC
alerted Nigerians
that there were fake dollar notes in
circulation.
- The Cable
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