Premium Times reports.
Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services, 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.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.
82 comments:
How does it affect the price of food in the market or rescue the chibok gals
Oga na where you de run to na, abeg de here jari lets suffer it together...
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Leave this man alone, please!!!
Wahala...too confused to talk @ ds time oo
BokoHaram sponsor
Medieval icelandic personage. Political Saga. I rest my...
kai, instead make dem allow dis man rest, dem still dey disturb his peace, well, its another strategy of paying him another 50 million naira.....kai, naija, God give me small money make i run go ghana abeg, dis country don tire me.....yaxx
i wonder what they are actually hiding. there is more to it
Just four hours a week can make u good money online legally. Anybody can do it. click
Sanusi again??? FG shud allow this man be or take him in once n for all. enough of this games.......
Ho Ho Ho Ho hehe hehe scumbag wanna leave after messing up the country. The north is in chaos and no more conducive for ur stay hahaha.
Hmmm!!!
Hmmm does he know the whereabouts of our missing girls FG? I don't know why this people always act irrationally,we have a bigger problem and there're going after sanusi
Little girls are missing... SSS won't locate them oh... it is Sanusi that u wee disturb bcos of beef
Ok
Lol
ok!
Pls sack this Marilyn Ogar. She doesn't seem to know anything going on in the SSS that usually turns out to be true.
This man, this man, this man Hmmmmm ok o, lip sealed.
Jonathan shld leave this man alone.
Na himbody he dey get power. Mtcheww!!!
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What is sanusi's connection with all these arab counties?, time will tell. Soso manze isvasking.
Marilyn Ogar! We can see thru ur lie. The SSS had beta respected the established law else we nigerians r watching. We can all b lawaless too.
Nigerians let's vote out jona
Ghan ghan!this is just the begining! watch out for part 2!
I smell a rat..
The man dey hot soup o. Chai!
Let them do their job,who knows?
I am beginning to suspect this sanusi.he may just be one of the sponsors of BH guys.him eye no pure
This mad people know what they are doing! They know who is behind all these attacks, why in the hell will stop Sanusi traveling on the back of all these recent attacks?
What rubbish..
Let them do their job,who knows trust no one
Let them do their job,who knows trust no one
They should stop harassing this man!
Let them do their job,who knows trust no one
Let them do their job,who knows?
Only God knows wat is hidden
FDJ
Enough of this none sense, if they have something against him then charge him to court otherwise leave the man alone!
Open ur mind peeps...now am convinced more than ever...Sanusi is d lead sponsor of boko haram....try fillin d dots...he shud not run away...he should bring back our girls asap.....
Why is dis woman always claiming she know nothing abt everything ..#Tslicky
Whenever you ask a Nigerian why something happened under their management the answer is always" i am not aware of that". They are never aware of anything.
Foolish bastard! Ur father is the scumbag, faggot oshi
Leave who alone? He's part of boko boys sponsors why else do you think they'll seize his passport?
Ode you should be saying #divideNigeria
Bia Nwa Ikeji.. This is stale news Na
Sanusi again ko sanusi again ni.....Can't yall see dis Man sanusi is got somthing he's hiding. He's hideous there's something about him than meet the eye. Its all connected with what's happening in this country......saudi arabia, boko haram, islam, sanusi, funding. They're all connected. There's probably a reason for the siezure of his passport. Afterall ti o ba nidi obinrin kii jekumolu.
Tunde is back again. (In Fela's voice)
Help me ask them o
For me is like there's something ther not telling us.
Lip sealed!!!
I'm for:
#BringBackOurGirls
#JonaDivideNigeria
#EnoughIsEnough
So because he reported a theft he has become a boko haram sponsor? Nigerians stop being sentimental. This man is more on our side than the likes of Oduah, Allison, etc 20billion dollars can change the lives of plenty innocent unemployed graduates.
If u say hes a BH sponsor then proove it. Stop being sentimental.
This government is making people scared of coming out and speaking the truth. They are just using this man as a scape goat. Please all this criminals in power leave Sanusi alone!!!
Reading some comments some times make me shed tears. A lot of people don't read the full details I believe and just jump to comment. Questions like where is he going, what is his business with Arab nations, why is he running is all in the report. Lesser hajj is in Saudi Arabia, he is going for lesser hajj, Saudi Arabia is a an Arab nation. So to the real point, if he is a sponsor of Boko haram and was CBN governor for 5 years then it's a big shame on the presidency. Of course we know that's not true, it's even a slap on our faces that the government is making a joke out of the Boko Haram issue. Now, we need to understand the need for law and order, that's the only thing that keeps a society from chaos, that's the Ono reason why someone can't just stab or shoot you down by the road without thinking twice. That same law and order is the reason why the SSS cannot seize Sanusi's passport when he has a judgement of a competent court and even the CTC if the judgement was read to the officers. We need to be very careful, we are breeding anarchy and chaos in Nigeria unknowingly. For this that can read and understand, please let's stop saying things that don't add up. We should be mad at the FGN for breeding this mess
Sanusi is not clean.. He could have gone to saudi with a direct flight...he wanted to run..thank God they got him..hes gonna be exposed soon
You guys don't know these useless fulanis are the ones sponsoring Boko haram. Sanusi, buhari, atiku, rufai, ibb they are all the main men behind Boko haram FG knows what they are doing these men are dam powerful and FG needs certain strategy to deal with them. Time will surely tell. #evilmenbringbackourgirlsoh#
I tot we are all in this together,don't run now.
Leave who alone? Where is he running to? He must face the music of BOKO haram which he sponsors! I would hv withdrawn my support for GEJ if he had allowed Sanusi travel out!
He should be held Oº°˚˚°o. I strongly believe sanusi lamido sanusi is one of the bH sect sponsors jor. Wolf in sheep's clothing ni jor.
Lets allow dis man to see peace he is not the cause of insecurty and lawless country like nigeria.
He is a big sponsor all rich poor muslims are y are u goin to saudi that is were they get support from decendants of ismail wicked souls sss hold dem their yansh don dey open una no kw this ppl, I jus dey laff study islam eg quran chapter 9vs29 google it
Mmmmmmmmm
Hmmmmmm. Something fishy is going on. TIME WILL TELL!
Mmmmmmmm
Bros I c u r stil a learner was it not sanusi that led d killing of akaluka in kano. Video dey o
damn! this man is fyn!
If he's as clean as u think, why order investigation on u to stop. Where in d world is that done. It's totally illegal to refuse to be investigated and sanusi knows that. He most definitely has something to hide.
Hmmmmm....dere is sumfin dey are not tellin us....
How does dis news affect us and will dis news bring back our girls
Skinny fulani sudanite extremist wicked die hard boko haram sponsor. Dont let him deceive u wit his articulate tongue, dont just seize his passport, seize him too. Never underestimate a fulani man.
YES OGA SANUSI STAY HERE, EVIL BOKO HARAM SPONSOR
Good for him . no one is above the law.
Same with me, don't know whom to trust. But boko's end is so near.
Jennipukka
I concur, everytime she will say i don't know.....then why is she getting paid? I smell sometin here
Jennipukka
Just because of the fact that he exposed them,he has become a subject of ridicule
So everybody from the North is now a BH member or sponsor? Stupidity.
Prove it!
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I am alarmed by the number of comments here claiming the man should be held cos he's a BH sponsor. We have all forgotten that he blew the whistle on a thieving President. And very conveniently, he has now become a BH sponsor? And u all believe that? Forget the politicians. The average Nigerian as exemplified on this forum is Nigeria's biggest problem. The majority of my people r just too daft!!!
I suggest we should allow SSS do their job. We are looking for Boko Haram sponsors and this man was the immediate passed CBN Governor, remember it was during Sanusi regime they imported most of the weopons Boko Haram are using. Also the funds they receive both locally and abroad. I think they should have their eyes on him until these issues are over. He should stay here for now.
I pity you wretched Nigerians. Too stupid to know when your nation is being destroyed. A Law court makes an order and this is violated contemptuously and you clap your hands. It is not about Sanusi
It is about the rule of law and due process. If the court says they cannot harass him and the govt has not vacated the judgement how can they then stop him? Shame to you all.
There ιƨ more to this fracas.
How can he be a sponsor people are too daft.no body is sponsorin BH than the PDP. No opposition will do these for this long and be left un touched. Forget these people they need cash for 2015 election cant steal subsidy and pension money again to fund 2015 but security vote will do. God will judge them. A day after abuja blast GEJ could travel to campaign this people are evil. Blood shed doesnt get to them cos they know what they are doing.
Rule of law, rule of law.... Wen he used his power to collect other people's property and sell it in the name of vendetta, no paper was quick to report it
This selective journalism, na Wa... Every rich man is the enemy of the masses.. Every man that shouts is a friend of the masses, even if their actions don't really follow their mouth
We have more pressing issues.
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