A former minister of communications and digital economy, Adebayo Shittu has stated that there were manipulations and fraudulent approvals under the immediate past government of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. 

Shittu, who served as a minister under the Buhari government between 2015 to 2019, stated that many persons close to the former president manipulated things to their favour, plunging the country’s economy into a downward slide.

“Let me tell you, there were a lot of manipulations and we even heard that a lot of the so-called approvals did not emanate from President Buhari.

“There were a lot of manipulations and fraudulent approvals which did not emanate from the president. I am telling you confidently that a lot of it did not get his attention,” he told Channels Television. 

He added: “There were a lot of people around the president who exploited their relationship with the president and conspired with the then-CBN governor.” 

Shittu urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission wade into the matter and “probe properly.”

“I hope the EFCC will probe properly as to how these things happen without the President knowing,” he added.