Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido
\nSanusi\u2019s bid to return to office suffered a setback,Wednesday as the
\nAbuja Division of the Federal High Court, dismissed an ex-parte motion
\nthat sought for his immediate reinstatement.<\/p>\n
In a ruling, Wednesday, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, said it would not be in
\nthe interest of justice for him to grant such application without hearing
\nfrom those that were dragged before the high court by the embattled CBN
\ngovernor.<\/p>\n
Consequently, Sanusi, was ordered to go and serve the relevant court
\nprocesses on President Goodluck Jonathan, the Attorney General of the
\nFederation and the Inspector General of Police, who were all listed as
\ndefendants in the matter, even as the substantive suit was adjourned to
\nMarch 12 for hearing.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Justice Kolawole, maintained that should the court, at the
\nconclusion of the matter, discover that the CBN governor was wrongfully
\nsuspended without recourse to the due process of the law, he said the
\ncourt has the constitutional powers to not only void the suspension, but
\nalso order that he should return to office to perform his duties as the
\nhead of the apex bank.<\/p>\n
According to the Judge, even where the tenure had lapsed, the court could
\norder the defendants to pay the plaintiff such remunerations and
\nallowances that ought to have accrued to him within the period of his
\nsuspension, \u201cthis is in any event that the suspension carries with it the
\nstoppage of the plaintiff\u2019s remuneration and allowances.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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