By Babalola Seyi
Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has provided an explanationt to why governors cannot be held accountable for allegedly instigating remarks concerning the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) currency redesign strategy/
After the Wednesday meeting of the national security council, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, Baba held a press conference.
Governors of Kaduna, Katsina and and Kogi states have openly questioned Buhari’s order about the naira redesign strategy.
While the federal government had announced that the old N500 and N1,000 notes are no longer legal tender, el-Rufai and his counterparts in Ogun and Kano States, Dapo Abiodun and Abdullahi Ganduje respectively, have insisted that they remain valid, pending the determination of a suit before the Supreme Court on the matter.
“We all know why the governors have not been cautioned. We are investigating. Whoever does anything can be investigated.
“But for him to be prosecuted, there are some people who have immunity. I think that is one of the reasons, but that will not stop us from cautioning them, from warning them, from advising them, and we are doing so,” Usman Baba said.
