A former Governor of Ondo State, Bode George, during the military regime, has laid bare the methods through which influential figures in the banking sector, such as the former CEO of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, the owner of UBA Bank, Elumelu, and the former Governor of the State Apex Bank, Emefiele, amassed substantial wealth from Nigeria.
Bode George provided insights into their wealth in a resurfaced throwback video, which is currently stirring conversations among Nigerians on various social media platforms, coinciding with the tragic death of Herbert Wigwe, who perished in a helicopter crash alongside his wife and first son, Chizi.
In the viral video, Bode George, a former head of NPA, remarked: “How can an MD who the heck if Emefiele, Elumelu, what did he do?? Where is the factory he was a bank man somehow got license at the same time with Adeola, all of them are stupendously wealthy now.”
He criticized the former CEO of Access Bank, Wigwe, who, after becoming MD, established a university and audaciously advertises it on CNN as “Wigwe University,” personally founded by him. George questioned;
“For Wigwe who became MD of Access Bank has now established a university, he has the temerity to advertising the university on CNN Wigwe University, personally established by him where is his factory?? Access Bank what is the pratice? they release dollars to them on monthly basis they use the dollars. If it is one to hundred they will get it through the mallam to one to two hundred you say that profit what do they do with it?.”
He continued: “What they have done to this nation, they must all be invited for discussions because the rottenness started from them and it has been going on for years but it has exploded.”
Regarding the former CBN Governor, Emefiele, providing loans to multiple individuals like Dangote, he remarked; “Have you ever seen any Central Bank of any country giving personal loan to individuals? are we mad? you turned the Central Bank to a commercial bank, the central bank that is meant for fiscal and monetary policy, and he had the temerity to say he wants to contest for president because he has stolen so much money.”
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