Arms Deal Scandal: Bakare calls for arrest of CBN Gov, Emiefiele

The general overseer of The Latter Ran Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare has released his state of the nation address tagged ''Roadmap to successful change''.

Bakare is calling for the prosecution of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emiefiele, because of the role of the apex bank in the widely publicised ongoing arms probe deal.

According to TheCable, Bakare accused the CBN of contributing negatively to the Nigerian economy,  adding that Emefiele should be booted out of office and prosecuted.

''To the discerning, the CBN currently contributes negatively to the Nigerian state in more ways than one,'' he said. ''Firstly, the CBN has become a conduit for politicians to drain the nation. Otherwise, how can a letter of barely two paragraphs addressed to the current CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, by the then National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), become the Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) leading to cash flow of $47 million (US dollars) and several millions of euros? In decent climes, the CBN Governor cannot continue in office while the NSA is accounting for his alleged misdeeds.''

For more from Bakare's nation address visit TheCable.com