Nigerian former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.) has denied allegations that he took “half of the Central Bank of Nigeria” to the United Kingdom.

He said; “What the MP said is rubbish. I don’t know where he got that rubbish from. I served Nigeria diligently and my records are there for all to see.”

“I did not want to speak on this issue because people that know me know that what the MP said is not true.”

A member of the UK Parliament, Tom Tugendhat said that;

“We know that today, even now, in this great city of ours, there are, sadly, some people who have taken from the Nigerian people and hidden their ill-gotten gains here. Gowon was one of them. Gowon took half of the CBN to the UK.”