2023 Elections: GTB ‘Opens Up’ On Giving N500m New Notes To Presidential Candidate

2023 Elections: GTB ‘Opens Up’ On Giving N500m New Notes To Presidential Candidate

  Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd., said it did not give N500 million new notes to any Presidential candidate in the ongoing General Elections, as reported on Twitter by @ifygold21.   The bank said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, that the claim was completely false and designed to bring the image of the bank and its officers to disrepute.   The attention of Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd., (the “Bank”) has been drawn to a spurious post on Twitter by @ifygold21 alleging that the Bank gave the new Naira notes in the total sum of ₦500 million to one of the leading presidential candidates in the ongoing General Elections, on the eve of the elections and at the order of a high-ranking government official.   The Bank wishes to refute this claim in its entirety and state categorically that it is completely false and it’s designed to bring the image of the Bank and its officers to disrepute.   “The fact that the post refers to Segun Agbaje as Managing Director of the Bank further exposes the sponsors of the content