Nigeria: Legal Implication of Sanusi's Suspension

27 February 2014
opinion

On the 20th February, 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria. The Presidency premised the suspension on an allegation of "financial recklessness". Expectedly, the Nigerian polity went into frenzy as the suspension raised eyebrows culminating into labyrinth of accusations and counter-accusations between those who support and those against the suspension.

Meanwhile, Sanusi has dragged President Goodluck Jonathan before the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging his suspension from office. In the suit, Sanusi is asking the court to restrain the president, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police from giving effect to his purported suspension from office as the CBN governor, pending the determination of the suit.

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