Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has disowned a statement by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar listing his name as a member of a policy team for the 2027 presidential campaign
In a statement on his Facebook page, Moghalu said he was surprised to see the publication, insisting that he was neither consulted nor did he give his consent to have his name included on the list
“I was not consulted and did not give my consent to my name being published as a member of the ADC candidate’s policy team,” he said, adding categorically that he was not, in fact, a member of Atiku’s policy team, “even unofficially or in any advisory capacity”
The former CBN deputy governor disclosed that he had quit partisan politics in Nigeria since 2022 and had since maintained a strictly non-partisan posture in the country’s national affairs “I am not a member or sympathizer of any political party in Nigeria,” he stated.
Moghalu explained that his primary engagement currently is as President of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation IGET Africa, which he described as a non-partisan public policy think tank and executive education academy, as well as CEO of Sogato Strategies, a geopolitical risk and regulatory strategy advisory firm
He, however, maintained that his clarification did not in any way diminish his commitment to Nigeria’s progress, stressing that such commitment need not entail any partisan alignment
“I remain committed to my country, Nigeria and its progress, but such commitment does not have to entail ANY partisan alignment I have adopted the path of statesmanship, not partisanship,” he said.