“Former Nigerian head of state Lt Col Yakubu Gowon has denied an accusation made by a British MP of "stealing half of Nigeria’s Central Bank".
The Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat said in the UK parliament on Monday:
"Some people will remember when General Gowon left Nigeria with half the Central Bank of Nigeria, so it is said, and moved to London."
But, in an exclusive interview with the BBC, Lt Col Gowon took issue with accusation.
“I don't know where he got that rubbish from, I served Nigeria diligently and my records are there for all to see,” he said.
After leaving power in a bloodless coup in 1975, General Gowon went to the UK and enrolled at Warwick University as an undergraduate where he studied political science and international relations.” Copied
