Shortly after the recently suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, arrived to Lagos from Niger, his travelling
documents were seized by the officials of the State Security Service.
In Niger, Mr. Sanusi had attended a meeting of governors of central banks in the West African sub-region.
As soon as his plane landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport
in Lagos, plain-clothed operatives detained him and insisted that he
surrendered his passport and stayed at the airport until the arrival of
the Lagos state director of the SSS.
After a while, though, Mr. Sanusi was allowed to leave; however, his passport was confiscated.
He
was received by a group of assiciates and friends led by by a former
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir El-Rufai. They drove
out of the airport in a convoy heading towards Ikoyi.
Earlier
today, President Goodluck Jonathan ordered immediate suspension of Mr.
Sanusi from his office on the basis of "various acts of financial
recklessness and misconduct inconsistent with the administration's
vision of a Central Bank".
Speaking on behalf of the President,
Reuben Abati, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, ordered the
Central Bank governor to hand over to the most senior Deputy Governor of
the bank, Mrs. Alade.
Mr.
Sanusi was suspended in absentia, as he was at a three-day meeting of
the West African Central Bank Governors. Upon learning the news, he
changed his travel plans.
It will be recalled that the suspended CBN Governor accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
of corruption and financial mismanagement, saying the body had diverted
federal revenues accruing to the nation from the sale of crude oil. Mr. Sanusi says as much as $20 billion oil money is missing. READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/59863.html
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