The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North-West, on Friday, has urged the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), to resign their appointments over the roles they allegedly played in the crisis trailing the redesign of Naira notes.
The Supreme Court, earlier on Friday, extended the validity of the old Naira notes to December 31, 2023.
The redesign of the banknotes plunged the country into socio-economic crisis as Nigerians experienced difficulties accessing funds in their bank accounts.
At least 10 persons were believed to have been killed and properties destroyed by angry bank customers protesting the scarcity of Naira notes in some parts of the country.
The APC made the call through a statement by its Vice Chairman, North-West, Salihu Lukman, moments after the Supreme Court delivered the ruling on the matter.
He regretted that President Muhammadu Buhari was misled to approve the “illegality and executive recklessness.”
The statement read: “Rule of law is fundamental to democracy and individuals who flagrantly violate the laws or promote acts that breach the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria must not be tolerated.
“Therefore, if indeed, the cashless policy of the Federal Government was supposedly designed to conform with extant legal provisions of the Nigerian Federation, now that it turned out in the direct opposite, both the CBN Governor, Mr. Emefiele and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Malami should accept the limitations of both their knowledge of the law and commitment to democracy by resigning from their respective offices forthwith.
“We call on Nigerians to take note of the fact that the crusade against the federal government’s cashless policy was led by APC, not minding the attempt to sensationally politicize it to the benefit of opposition political parties and their candidates in this election season.
“It is gratifying that Nigerians resisted the antics of subversive politicians who wanted to use such crude methods, including inflicting untold hardship and pains on Nigerians to provoke citizens into voting against the APC during the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.”