Saharareporters:President Goodluck Jonathan during his Media Chat on Monday said that Sanusi Lamido Sanusi remains the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, It was learnt that the State Security Service has withdrawn his security protection.
A source
familiar with the action told newsmen that the CBN governor’s security
detail was removed shortly after the President concluded the Media Chat.
The strategy seems to aim at exposing Mr. Sanusi to danger arising from
the suspended CBN governor’s position on the missing $20 billion at the
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Sanusi’s
position began to generate international pressure and embarrassment for
the Jonathan government following reports by some western media outlets
knowledgeable about the fraud perpetrated by cronies of the President.
Those reports continue to say that Sanusi was ousted for exposing the
rot at the NNPC.
Adding to the
pressure on the government, the Northern Nigeria socio-cultural group,
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has warned that no evil should befall
Mr. Sanusi as he continues his outspoken crusade to expose the theft of
billions of dollars in oil revenue at the NNPC.
Mr. Sanusi was
ousted last week by President Jonathan while he was away at an ECOWAS
meeting in Niamey, Niger Republic. Upon arrival from Niamey he was
briefly detained by the State Security Service, which later released him
but confiscated his passport. The passport has yet to be returned to
him.
Strangely at his
Media Chat, Mr. Jonathan told his interviewers that Mr. Sanusi, into
whose position he appointed an acting official while sending a nominee
for substantive replacement to the Senate, is still the Governor of the
bank pending the conclusion of an inquiry into the accounts of the bank.
Critics have
pointed out that he lacks the legal muscle to single-handedly remove the
governor from office. He has the bigger burden of challenging the
ethical questions being raised by Mr. Sanusi. posted by Emanto Ngaloru Feb 25, 2014.
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