The Nigerian Senate on Monday, said that it was not aware of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s decision to freeze the bank accounts of some #EndSARS advocates.
According to the Senate, the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele never wrote to it prior to taking such a decision.
The legislative house revealed this when the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN appeared before the Senator Opeyemi Bamidele-led Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters for the defence of his ministry’s 2021 budget estimates.
Addressing Journalists after Malami’s budget defence before his Committee, Senator Bamidele said that the Senate was awaiting further information on the issue of freezing the accounts of End SARS leaders from the nation’s apex bank.
Recall that the bank accounts of some youths were reportedly frozen by the CBN over their alleged involvement in the recent #EndSARS protests.
Bamidele, when asked what step the Senate was taking on the issue, said that the matter was at the moment not before the red chamber.
Senator Bamidele said, “We read it in the news like everyone of us. Our committee is also interested in knowing what is going on in this regard. As it is our committee is neither in a position to either explain or defend.”
The Senator who noted that the legislature would liaise with the executive to know what was going on, said, “We will reach out to the executive. If it is true, we would find out what the stakeholders in charge are trying to achieve with this.”
He also said that the committee was unaware of the recent conviction of six Nigerians in UAE over allegations of sponsoring the Boko Haram, adding that his Committee would also investigate it with a view to understanding the true position of things.
According to him, the Senate was working with the relevant committees of the House of Representatives on the amount earmarked for the prosecution of Boko Haram suspects,
“These are some of the issues before us as a committee. It’s not just the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, the House Committee on Justice is also working with us on this matter,” he said.
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