Nigeria, May 25 -- The United States government has demanded that a fresh and in-depth investigation be conducted into the allegations against the president of the African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina, using an independent investigator.

The call came after the bank's ethics committee had cleared Mr Adesina of all allegations of wrongdoing raised by "whistle-blowers" within the organisation. Mr Adesina is the sole candidate for Bank leadership over the next five years.

The U.S., a member of the bank 1983, said in a May 22, 2020 letter to the chair of the AfDB's board of governors, Niale Kaba, that the U.S. did not accept the decision of the ethics committee to totally exonerate Mr Adesina of all allegations, saying it was not yet ...