The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied viral message shared on Whatsapp that it would shut down financial institutions because of the election, describing it as fake.
The apex bank lifted the lids on the message in a tweet which Ikeja Bird sighted on its official Twitter account on Wednesday, February 22.
In the viral Whatsapp message, the poster had claimed that the CBN would close all financial institutions from Thursday, February 23, to Tuesday, February 28, to prevent politicians from vote buying.
“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 polititian will not be able to transfer money to anybody for vote , so buy enough food at home, do ur transfer now . Because the next five days will be difficult pls.
2:09 pm,” the message being circulated on Whatapp read.
CBN said it was not planning such shut down on financial institutions.
The presidential and Nationa Assembly election will hold on Saturday, February 25, as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
