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I was invited not arrested – Soludo


Prof, Charles Soludo


Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Charles Soludo has denied reports that he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, saying on the contrary, that he only visited the agency on a voluntary ground.

But sources have disclosed that Soludo was granted administrative bail and allowed to go after hours of questioning, adding that his international and diplomatic passports were seized after he produced two sureties at the level of Permanent Secretaries or Directors in the Federal Civil Service.

DailyPost gathered that 12 ex-staff of CBN and the Nigerian Security, Printing and Minting Company were also invited for interrogation.

In a statement signed by one Bonaventure Melah of the media office of the ex-CBN chief, Soludo, he voluntarily went to the EFCC office to honour its invitation.

“We want to put it on record clearly that the media reports that Professor Chukwuma Soludo was arrested by the operatives of the EFCC in Abuja is totally false or to say the least written in error.

“The fact of the matter is that the EFCC wrote a letter to Prof. Soludo inviting him to their Abuja office on the 10th of January 2013. EFCC’s invitation letter to Prof. Soludo was dated 20th December 2012.

“Soludo was abroad attending to several international engagements when the letter was sent to his aides. As a law-abiding citizen of the country, Soludo returned to Nigeria in the New Year and honoured EFCC invitation on January 10th as requested.

“He voluntarily went from his home to EFCC office on Thursday. He was neither arrested nor escorted by any operative of the Commission.

“The EFCC letter of invitation to Soludo states that: ‘This Commission is investigating a case in which the need to obtain certain clarifications from you has become imperative.’

“It was a two-paragraph letter which also indicated date and time for the meeting between Prof. Soludo and officials of the Commission,” the statement added.

It was learnt that the probe bordered on the processes adopted in awarding the contract and not the alleged contract bribery.

The EFCC had opened investigation into the matter following a petition by Human and Environmental Development Agenda, headed by Olanrewaju Suraju.

The petition demanded a thorough investigation into the new polymer note contract awarded while Soludo was in office.

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