“Let them have a heart attack. It’s good to have a heart attack ((referring to those who have been hasting him up to resign). I am having a lot of fun.”
These were the words of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, shortly after a private audience with President Muhammadu Buhari today, May 12, at the Presidential villa, Abuja.
The CBN governor’s visit to the President might not be unconnected with the presidential directive for appointees with political ambitions in 2023 to resign on or before Monday, May 16.
Emefiele has, a couple of days now, being enmeshed in the controversy over whether he had bought forms to contest the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential primary, and whether or not he would have to resign in pursuit of such political ambition.
He told anxious newsmen around the presidency after the visit: “there is no news now, but there will be news. You heard me, I said there is no news but there will be news.”
