A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has accused fifth columnists of trying to set up the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, by projecting him as a presidential candidate in 2023.
The CBN Governor had clarified after the All Progressives Congress (APC’s) national convention, that he had no political ambition and was focused on strengthening the nation’s economy.
This is amid calls by those who are said to be his supporters that he should enter for the nation’s topmost office in 2023.
Some of the supporters openly campaigned for the CBN boss to be elected Nigeria’s next president at the recently-held APC convention.
Then, yesterday, photographs of campaign vehicles branded with Emefiele’s image flooded social media.
Omokri wrote: “It has come to my knowledge that those vehicles purportedly for the campaign of Emefiele are a red herring by a fifth columnist.
“The man is innocent and his detractors just want to taint him. I will not allow myself to be the instrument of someone else’s mischief!”
