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In a telephone interview with ThisDay, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP through it’s head of publicity, Chinwe Nnoron, has said that the official twitter account of the party was hacked as at the time when the handle was used to make allegations of illegal FOREX trading against the First lady, Amina Buhari, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, and Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari.

She also said she would need to verify whether indeed the tweets actually originated from the party.Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Nigeria has rebutted the claims by PDP, saying they only sell FOREX to banks, and not to individuals or companies.

Speaking to Vanguard, the apex bank’s spokesperson Isaac Okoroafor said:

It was very laughable to say that the CBN sold forex to anyone at N185/$1. The records are there for anyone who is interested to crosscheck. The CBN has not sold the dollar at N185 in recent times. The movement of the exchange rate was N155/$1; N168/ $1; and from there to the current rate of N197/$1.

Politicians should spare this institution from deliberate falsehood because if they destroy the reputation of the institution, the economy suffers. Politicians should please allow us to do our job in the interest of the economy

With every sense of responsibility, it is important to state that the Central Bank does not sell forex to individuals nor companies. You are aware that we sell forex to banks which in turn sell to their customers. For anyone to say that the CBN sells forex to individuals or some companies is, indeed, very ridiculous and mischievous