For deputy governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), including the Acting Governor, Folashodun Shonubi, as well as the majority of the directors, the odds against them keep increasing by the day as the confidence crisis reaches a watershed moment this week.
While the nominees for replacement of the embattled suspended governor, Godwin Emefiele, and his four deputies, will face the crucial and statutory Senate screening, the old guards will be further grilled at the Department of State Security (DSS), from where the team of investigators operates, to determine their extent of connivance in the financial abuse estimated at several trillions of naira.
The investigative team, multiple sources have revealed, has subjected all the deputy governors and the majority of the directors to lifestyle audits to determine the extent to which they have enriched themselves in the course of their assignments.
While the audit is not proof of their culpability in the alleged frauds, a source said it has, alongside documented evidence, served as an important tool in determining where to focus attention for quick wins.
From early August till date, almost all the deputy governors and several directors have honoured invitations to the DSS facility multiple times
