Aisha Yesufu, a Nigerian socio-political activist, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot fire Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele.
Yesufu stated that this is due to Buhari’s lack of constitutional authority to fire Emefiele.
Her statement comes after rumors circulated on social media that the governor, who had expressed interest in running for president on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had been fired.
Aisha, on the other hand, said in a tweet on her official Twitter account that she would like the governor to be fired for allegedly politicizing his office.
She wrote, “In as much as I would love @GodwinIEmefiele to be sacked for all his incompetence, failure and politicisation of his office, the President cannot SACK a CBN Governor!
“There is a process and that process must be followed. It is called “Rule of Law”.