They want to buy votes with the available old notes - Shehu Sani reacts to recent pushbacks

Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has shared his thoughts on the recent pushbacks against the Naira swap.

In a post shared on his Twitter page, he said that those politicians against the Naira swap policy instituted by the Central Bank of Nigeria was because they want to buy votes with available old notes.

"They want to buy votes with the available old notes. That's all," he said in a tweet.

Following the announcement of the policy last year, the timeline for the deadline of the Naira swap caused a lot of chaos in the country.

Angry residents were filmed destroying bank ATMs and others cooking at the bank premises. Some bank staff had to jump the wall of the bank to avoid disgruntled customers who could not have access to their money as a result of the scarcity.