{
  "id": 10178244,
  "title": "Account for $6.23m election funds or face legal action, SERAP tells CBN",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/account-for-6-23m-election-funds-or-face-legal-action-serap-tells-cbn-10178244",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T09:10:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/account-for-6-23m-election-funds-or-face-legal-action-serap-tells-cbn/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, and the CBN seven days to account for $6.23 million in alleged fraudulent election funds and over N1.63 trillion in other unaccounted public funds. This demand was made in a letter dated September 26, 2026, addressed to Cardoso and the CBN, signed by SERAP's Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare.",
  "summary": "SERAP has given the CBN a seven-day ultimatum to account for $6.23m in allegedly diverted election funds and over N1.63tn in other public funds. Read More: https://punchng.com/account-for-6-23m-election-funds-or-face-legal-action-serap-tells-cbn/",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "SERAP asks CBN to account for allegedly diverted $6.23m, ₦1.63trn",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/serap-asks-cbn-to-account-for-allegedly-diverted-6-23m-1-63trn",
        "published": "2026-09-27T08:35:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Account for $6.23m election funds or face legal action, SERAP tells CBN",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/account-for-6-23m-election-funds-or-face-legal-action-serap-tells-cbn",
        "published": "2026-09-27T08:54:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Missing $6.2m Buhari election fund: SERAP gives CBN seven days to explain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/missing-6-2m-buhari-election-fund-serap-gives-cbn-seven-days-to",
        "published": "2026-09-27T10:38:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}