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21 May 2014

President Jonathan floors Mallam Sanusi over Supension Matters

 SUSPENSION: JONATHAN FLOORS SANUSI IN COURT


This is not good news for the suspended CBN Govornor Mallam Sanusi Lamido as Federal High court judgment is against him,The court presided over by Justice Gabriel Kolawole dismissed the suit by Sanusi challenging the powers of President Jonathan to suspend him from office.see more

The court ruled it had no jurisdiction to hear the matter, saying the matter is a dispute between an employer and its employee which is supposed to be handled by the National Industrial Court.
The court had on April 8 reserved judgment till today after hearing the respondent counsel’s preliminary objection and Sanusi’s counsel’s originating summons, as well as the adoption of same.
Sanusi had on February 24 challenged his suspension from office by the president and urged the court to reverse the decision.
The President, the Attorney-General of the Federation, and the Inspector-General of Police were joined as first, second and third defendants respectively, in the suit.

Sanusi, whose tenure as CBN Governor ends early June, was suspended at the height of his campaign for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Ministry of Petroleum to account for allegedly missing $20 billion oil revenue. 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oga CBN, This one is really bad news for you.

Anonymous said...

Which way to go Oga Sanusi, hmmmmm wish you all d best