Former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has denied allegation of corruption levelled against him by a member of the United Kingdom Parliament, Tom Tugendhat.
Gowon who ruled Nigeria from 1966 to 1975, was toppled from office by Murtala Mohammed, while attending a summit of the Organisation of African Unity, OAU now AU, in Kampala, Uganda.
He moved to England to become a student at Warwick University, where he studied Political science and International relations.
However, while deliberating on appropriate sanctions for officials complicit in violating the rights of #EndSARS protesters on the floor of the British Parliament, Tundendhat revealed that, Gowon, looted half of Nigeria’s treasury from the Central Bank when he left office.
“Some people will remember when General Gowon left Nigeria with half of the Central Bank, so it is said and moved to London,” the MP said.
In his reaction, while speaking with the BBC, Gowon said, “I don’t know where he got that rubbish from, I served Nigeria diligently and my records are there for all to see.
“What the MP said was just mere ridicule and I don’t know as to where he cooked up such statement. I served Nigeria as much as I could and my achievements during those years are available to everyone.
“I don’t want to talk over the matter since those who know me very well say that the MP’s statement is nothing but a mere fallacy.”
