A Lagos Federal High Court, on Friday, ordered the State
Security Service and the Nigerian Police force against arresting the suspended
governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.
The presiding judge, Jusitce I.N. Buba, gave the order as
prayed by the embattled Sanusi in a suit he filed against the police, the SSS,
and the Attorney General of the Federation.
The judge granted an order “restraining the Respondents,
their privies, agents, representatives, or any other law enforcement agencies
of the Government of the Federation from violating, interfering with, or
imposing any restriction on the enjoyment of the Applicant’s right to personal
liberty and freedom of movement pending the hearing and determination of the
Motion on Notice.”
President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Sanusi on Thursday for
alleged mismanagement of CBN funds and acting against the law guiding conduct
of his office.
Many Nigerians, however, saw the action as a payback for his
(Sanusi’s) consistent exposure of alleged mismanagement of funds in the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
The SSS had seized Sanusi’s international passport soon
after he returned from Niger Republic on Thursday.
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