Nigeria, June 21 -- Below is the submission made by the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, in defence of himself over 16 allegations made against him by some whistleblowers who accused him of violating the bank's code of conduct.

Mr Adesina made the submission to the Ethics Committee of the bank which conducted a preliminary investigation into the allegations.

PREMIUM TIMES had on May 27 published a summary of Mr Adesina's submission after sighting the document. But here now is the verbatim submission made by the AfDB president, at least for the record. You will most likely find it interesting.

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April 8, 2020

CONFIDENTIAL

MEMORANDUM

To: Ethics Committee of the Board of Directors, Af...