Missing $6.2m Buhari election fund: SERAP gives CBN seven days to explain

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has given the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, seven days to account for $6.23 million election money and over N1.63 trillion missing public funds.
SERAP made the demand in a letter dated September 26, 2026, signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare.
According to SERAP, the Auditor-General’s 2023 report published on August 7, 2026, exposed the missing funds.
SERAP listed the funds as N1.25 trillion unrecovered intervention loans given to state governments; N116.18 billion loans to distressed and liquidated banks; N262.86 billion shared under Anchor Borrowers Programme; and $6.23 million payment linked to alleged elect...