Plans to shut down all financial transactions before presidential poll fake news – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that reports of shutting down all financial transactions days before and after the February 25 presidential poll did not originate from it, saying it is fake news.
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Recall earlier in the day that there were reports in the media that the apex bank is planning to shut down all transactions from February 23 to February 27, 2023 in a bid to curb vote buying ahead of the presidential election scheduled for Saturday, February 25 which went viral on social media, with many reposting it.
The reports read: “CBN Plans to shut down financial transaction from Thursday 23 of Febuary till 27th of February.
“Go and stock your home. Anyhow, you can get money between today and tomorrow, get and keep it, also whatever transfer you want to do, do it between today and tomorrow, information am hearing is that, as from Thursday, bank network will go off till Sunday or Monday, so that politician will not be able to transfer money to anybody for vote, so buy enough food at hom , do your transfer now. Because the next five days will be difficult. Please.”
But in a swift statement on Wednesday, CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi, described the statement as fake.
He, further warned the general public to be wary of fake and unverified news.
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