CBN Governor Sanusi Accuses Pastor Adeboye Of Aiding Corrupt Rogue Banker Akingbola To Evade Justice

The governor
of Nigeria's Central Bank, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,
has accused the General Overseer of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare
Adeboye, of playing a role in shielding Erasmus
Akingbola, the corrupt former Chief Executive
Officer of InterContinental Bank PLC, from serious
prosecution.
Nigerian authorities asserted that the rogue former
banking executive siphoned over N200 billion from
the commercial bank he ran. Officials of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission also
accused Mr. Akingbola of using his loot to buy
swanky properties in Europe and other parts of the
world. The former InterContinental Bank chief also
reportedly manipulated his bank's stocks in insider
trading deals.
Mr. Akingbola fled to the UK as soon as Nigerian
authorities indicated their desire to try him. He was
later forced to return to Nigeria, but his prosecution
soon fizzled in what EFCC sources privately
confided to be a deal hatched at the highest levels
to let him walk free.
Mr. Sanusi hinted at Pastor's Adeboye's
involvement in the deal in a widely circulated TEDX
talk he gave in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. In the
video, the CBN governor relates his encounters
with vested interests in the banking sector.
Although Mr. Sanusi did not expressly mention
Pastor Adeboye by name, SaharaReporters was
able to confirm from two sources that the
Redeemed Church leader was involved in the deals
that led to the obstruction of Mr. Akingbola's trial.
Justice Habeeb Abiru, who was handling Mr.
Akingbola's trial, was suddenly promoted to the
Court of Appeals after Pastor Adeboye intervened
on behalf of the rogue banker with President
Goodluck Jonathan, one of the sources told
SaharaReporters. Mr. Akingbola's case has since
stalled in a maze of judicial manipulations and is
currently being tried by a third judge in Lagos.
In the video, the Central Bank Governor also makes
a crucial retreat from the position he took during
the fuel price hike protests of January 2012. Mr.
Sanusi had publicly and forcefully defended the
case for increasing the price of fuel and other
gasoline products. But in the TED talk, he admits
that Nigerians who revolted in the "Occupy
Nigeria" protests after the Goodluck Jonathan
administration unveiled higher fuel prices were
right. Mr. Sanusi disclosed that most of the fuel
subsidy funds had been stolen by highly connected
individuals who continue to evade justice.
Source: Sahara Reporters

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