Aformer military Head of State, retired General Yakubu Gowon
has described the allegations levelled against him by a United Kingdom
parliament member, Tom Tugendhat that he stole half of Nigeria’s money stocked
in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) during his regime as “mere rubbish
fallacy”.
General Gowon, who told the BBC News Pidgin that he served
Nigeria with utmost fear of God adding that his legacies were visible to
everyone.
“What the MP said was just mere ridicule and I don’t know as
to where he cooked up such statement. I served Nigeria as much as I could and
my achievements during those years are available to everyone,” he said.
He, however, promised not to engage in any form of argument over the matter as people who knew him very well would speak in his defence.
“I don’t want to talk over the matter since those who know
me very well say that the MP’s statement is nothing but a mere fallacy,” he
added.
On Tuesday, British MPs passed a vote for UK’s government to
sanction some Nigerian government officials were involved in brutalising
EndSARS protesters.
While debating, Mr Tugendhat alleged that bribery and
corruption were the causes of Nigeria’s underdevelopment, citing an example
that Gen. Gowon stole more than half of country’s worth in its central bank and
stashed the sum in London when he was toppled.
Gen. Gowon ruled Nigeria from 1966 to 1975 before his
government was overthrown while he was away from Nigeria.
He was directly flown to the United Kingdom and enrolled in
a studentship at Warwick University
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