Alleged details have emerged of how a supposed new cabal in the Nigeria seat of power, Aso Rock, has started frustrating the Special Investigator, Jim Obazee, appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to investigate the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria, under the leadership of the embattled former Governor, Godwin Emefiele.

The cabal, it was learnt, had on a number of occasions allegedly concocted lies against the Special Investigator with the aim of convincing Tinubu to halt his investigations and eventually sack him.

The cabal has also allegedly been shielding many of the suspects that should have been interrogated by the office of the Special Investigator.

Competent sources said if not for the determination, resilience, courage and the unwavering devotion to duty exhibited by the Special Investigator, he and his team would have been unable to retrieve the four banks from their sacked managements and dissolved Boards.

Top government and Presidency officials were allegedly busy hobnobbing and conniving with them and other alleged looters of the nation's commonwealth.

Several efforts were also allegedly made by the cabal to prevail on the Special Investigator to compromise his investigations and reports to the President.

The cabal also allegedly instructed the Special Investigator to report to them first before briefing and presenting his reports to the President.

It was gathered that trouble, however, started when the Special Investigator refused to be dictated to by the cabal on how to go about his job and who to investigate.

The Special Investigator, it was learnt, refused to take instructions from members of the cabal, insisting that it's against the presidential directives and mandate given to him by President Tinubu who appointed him.

As a result of the Special Investigator's refusal to dance to the tune of the cabal, it was gathered, they have ensured that his team of investigators is continuously starved of the necessary funds to enable them to carry out their assignments.

This is contrary to repeated instructions from President Tinubu that their operations should be adequately funded.

Villa sources also hinted that key kitchen cabinet of the president have also been attempting to corner a certain $30billion looted funds and the 66 landed choice property allegedly traced to a personal staff of former President Muhammadu Buhari, Tunde Sabiu.

The Special Investigator, it was learnt, had planned to brief President Tinubu on his return from his trip to France with a view to securing his approval to commence the implementation of certain agreement reached with Sabiu.

It was also learnt that the cabal has intensified its fight against the complete government take-over of the four erring banks seized by the Central Bank of Nigeria early this month by allegedly arranging for their cronies to surreptitiously buy over the affected banks.

The former owners of the seized banks, it was further learnt, are currently negotiating with some highly placed officials of government on how to retrieve the banks from the CBN through the backdoor.

CBN had on January 10 announced the sack of the managements of Union Bank, Titan Trust Bank, Polaris and Keystone banks and dissolved their Boards in line with the directives of President Bola Tinubu.

The takeover followed a report of the Special Investigator, on the erring banks.

The Special Investigator is said to be currently preparing a report on the development, and which he plans to hand over to President Tinubu on arrival from his trip to France.

Meanwhile, a coalition of 259 anti-corruption, civil society and human rights groups, Coalition for Transparency and Economic Reforms (COTER), has however called on President Tinubu not to allow anyone, no matter how highly placed, to rubbish the credibility already secured for his administration in the international community through the invaluable works of the Special Investigator.

COTER also urged President Tinubu to warn his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, to stay clear of the ongoing investigation, saying the assignment is very delicate and dangerous national assignment.

COTER's President, Dr Peter Chima Chukwu and General Secretary, Mallam Auta Ibrahim Koko, stated these in a statement in reaction to Gbajabiamila's alleged intervention in the functions of the Special Investigator.

According to them, "Gbajabiamila should face his own job, which he's yet to excell and discharge effectively, and stop being a meddlesome interloper.

"The job Mr President gave him, he has not done well in the first place. Who gave Gbajabiamila the mandate to recover looted funds? Certainly, President Tinubu didn't do that.

"We believe this Government should not allow itself to be forced or coerced by some unpatriotic and corrupt elements in government to thread the ignoble path of the previous administration. 

"At least, there should be some decency in government this time round under President Tinubu. Gbajabiamila should be stopped from meddling in the work of the Special Investigator."