Former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Lamido Sanusi, who was in Niger Republic this morning for an official ECOWAS event when his suspension was announced is back in Nigeria, right now in Lagos.Sanusi arrived via Lagos International airport on a private jet G-SENT. Saharareporters reports that on arrival, Sanusi's passport was seized by the SSS. The Nigerian SSS initially stopped him but later let him
leave with his family. Sanusi was accompanied by former minister Nasir Elrufai,
Sanusi said he isn't a criminal as he drove off in the black Toyota SUV pictured above, accompanied by several official cars.
Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, removed today by President Goodluck Jonathan as governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank says he will mount a legal challenge against his suspension.
And he says he is not doing it because he wants to go back to the job, but because he wants to protect the independence of the institution.
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Sanusi's convoy |
In the interview, he dismissed the welter of accusations against him as announced in his suspension order, “as a set of stories”, saying that he has nothing to hide and that in any case, the CBN will on its own respond to a number of the issues raised.
He insisted that while the CBN accounts are audited every year, the last audit done for the NNPC was in 2005.
He insisted that the NNPC still owes the national treasury $20 billion in unremitted proceeds from crude oil sales and wondered why he was suspended because he raised the issue.
“The message being sent across is that “if you attack us, we’ll deal with you”.
Watch the interview on YouTube here:
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