Friday, 21 February 2014

Court restricts Police, SSS from arresting Sanusi

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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