Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services, alias SSS, on Saturday night blocked the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, from boarding a Turkish airline flight for a planned trip to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj, a witness and a spokesperson for Mr. Sanusi have told PREMIUM TIMES.
Operatives of the SSS based at the Aminu Kano International Airport also seized Mr. Sanusi’s passport and told him they would not allow him to travel abroad unless they received clearance from their Abuja headquarters, this newspaper learnt.
The SSS’ action however appears a contravention of the April 3 judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos, which restrained the agency and the Nigeria Police from arresting or harassing the CBN Governor or seizing his passport.
A spokesperson for Mr. Sanusi, Muyiwa Adekeye, told PREMIUM TIMES Saturday night that the governor had arrived the Kano airport for the 11: 10p.m. Turkish Airlines flight to Turkey where he would have connected another flight to Saudi Arabia.
But after the CBN governor had been checked in by the airline and was about to complete immigration formalities, his passport was confiscated by the SSS operatives at the immigration cubicle and told he could not travel.
“The SSS officials were shown the certified true copies of the court order which barred them from harassing or arresting him,” Mr. Adekeye said. “But the officers said they have no choice in the matter and that they were only acting on instruction from above that they should not allow the governor to travel.”
Mr. Adekeye said when Mr. Sanusi insisted on reading the court order to the operatives, the officers simply disappeared with his passport and failed to return.
The development caused confusion at the airport and delayed the Turkish Airline flight. Mr. Sanusi’s luggage was however later unloaded to allow the flight proceed on its journey without the embattled CBN Governor.
Contacted for comments Saturday night, the spokesperson for the SSS, Marilyn Ogar, said she was not aware of the matter.
“I don’t know about that please,” Ms. Ogar told PREMIUM TIMES on telephone.
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos had on April 3 restrained the federal government, the Nigerian police, and the SSS from arresting Mr. Sanusi and specifically ordered the SSS to immediately release his international passport, unlawfully seized from him in February.
Justice Buba also ordered the trio to issue public apology as well as pay N50million in damages to the CBN Governor.
*well they prolly know something we dont know.
This man!This man!!hmmmmm
ReplyDeleteSo the people travelling would have being kept waiting cos of this Bruhaha??
mtcheeewww
Sanusi gets to travel when umunna ya are still missing while GEJ cannot even crack up a smile without getting called heartless...Okk oooh
Hmmmmmmn Sanusi may it never be well with your soul. You will die a painful and slow death very soon. Immediately after all this Sanusi drama boko haram activities increased. It is too obvious that it is all because of you. You will never in your life know peace, you will make much more money and remain eternally unhappy. #bringbackourgirls.
DeleteOkotorigba! I wonder what the essence of going to court is if we can't abide by its rulings and judgments. There's no rule of law in this country, Nigeria is the wild wild west! Sanusi Ndo o!
ReplyDeleteI love that!A friend of mine is even on the run now,he has gone incommunicado since the first bomb blast....one cute Hausa dude like this o,that when u see,u will think he can't hurt a fly
ReplyDeleteI've always suspected him though
And him going incommunicado just buttress my suspicion
Jonathan is really out for them
If only he has taken this bold step long before now .
I rep naija!
Oya expose this friend oo else you are equally a bh member.
DeletePlease free me o!
DeleteI only said I'm suspecting him
Why he went incommunicado ,
I don't know!
Boko boys sponsor. Where is he running too? Going to saudi to get more bombing knowledge. Remain here #divideNigeria
ReplyDeleteJust look at his eyes you'll see hatred. Islamic extremist I pray his whole fam is wiped out #divideNigeria
ReplyDeleteThe fool thinks he can run away with all his evil doings. GEJ has said it, that BH nd their sponsors must pay for it.
ReplyDeleteThat's their pot of shit
ReplyDeleteNext!
Am seriously suspecting this man...another Chief sponsor...
ReplyDeleteSame way am suspecting your mouth odour horseband. Brainless idiot
DeleteWhy go anonymous?common use your identity if you are bold enough to talk to me...bastard daughter of a motherfucker...
DeleteThat's stale @anony!say something else mofo!
DeleteDoro trouble
ReplyDeleteThis dude obviously knows what we don't know,and the FG knows it..sanusi am sorry but you are a suspect here
ReplyDeleteI suspect that when this man was CBN governor that he was sending money to those Boko goats,i strongly believe,my instincts never fail me,he is the cause of all the is happening
ReplyDeleteThe last time, it was his official passport, (diplomatic passport) that was seized. According to d news. He held d passport by virtue of his office and having been suspended, he wasn't supposed to still be using it anyway. So d judgment was erroneous sef. They owe him nothing. However, on this incident, I shall return with my thoughts....
ReplyDeleteThere must something new and unlinked to his CBN suspension saga',cos the govt will not decide to disregard court orders like that esp if they obeyed it and returned his passport.
ReplyDeleteOh Chim
ReplyDeleteGod's abt 2 expose dem oh! #dancing skelewu#
ReplyDeleteThis man and Elufai abi na hellfire are the major sponsors of the Boko haram goats. They will never have rest all their lives. Aboki mai suya
ReplyDeleteGood, he is not above the law.
ReplyDeleteDat z a good one JEG, he thinks he can outsmart d law. Oloshi
ReplyDeleteNa since they sack this man boko haram increase,evil man see his face.coat they cover many things
ReplyDeleteU see in life,wen u dîné wit d devil,u use a longer spoon.buh if u ask me,dont even dîné wit him at all.i have always said dat Jona is à people's pleaser! It soo shocking dat hé should have hired dis man in d first place as CBN governor! No way! A convicted félon! Have we forgotton soo soon what dis Evin man did? Of course hé is à sponsor of d evil BH! One of d sponsors.a few years back,dis evil man rallied young moslem fanatics and broke into à prison cell where à young benue man Gideon Akaluka was being held .they brought him out and after torturing him,dey beheaded him and paraded his bodiless head in d streets of kano.Sanusi was d mastermind.and some 9 other guys.buh trust Abacha,all d 10 of dem were billed to be murdered .9 were buh d den. CBN governor and other big men Begged Abacha for Sanusi's life and hé was spared.now dat CBN governor is d father of that useless boy that tried to blow up a plane in USA some years ago.soo guys,go figure! Sanusi was now sent away to à prison where hé spent 2 years.now its dis same Sanusi dat Jona deemed fit to head D CBN! Hmmmm....head Chiamanada's words,dont strive to be à président that pleaseth buh à président that wil be remembered in History.
ReplyDeleteWow seriously?
DeleteY are ppl accusing him,has he bn found guilty?I'm a xtian o!b4 ppl start saying what is not.#bk to d matter# We need to b careful n don't say what we don't know. Let's leave our politicians to fight themselves Α̲̅πϑ not judge or take side biko.When d going was good,did they invite us? There is more to ds,so sit n fold ur arms yl d whole thing unwraps itself.
ReplyDeleteCRISTIAN Association of Nigeria, CAN & WAEC accuss Borno gov for the 234 missing girls. What are the northern leaders & their religious heads saying?
ReplyDeleteAny answer from the north?
Why on earth will they pay him 50m. What sought of useless damage.Mtcheeeeeeeeeeeeew
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ReplyDeleteThank you for shielding more light
My question:
1)Who really is Sanusi and Elufai?
2)What is their primary Mission?