Almost two and a half years
after his letter, which was referenced by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in
another letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan on the non-remittance of
$49.8 billion by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to the
treasury was leaked, the Emir of Kano and former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Governor, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, has finally admitted to what was long been
an open secret in government and political circles and has been admitted by the
former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi.
Sanusi, in an interview with
Forbes Africa magazine, admitted that Amaechi who is now the Minister of
Transportation, was responsible for leaking Obasanjo’s letter to Jonathan on
the “missing” $49.8 billion. Amaechi has also long been suspected for leaking
Sanusi’s letter to Jonathan on the same issue.