Court bars SSS, AGF, others from arresting Sanusi

Mallam Lamido Sanusi

A Federal High Court sitting in  Lagos on Friday granted an order restraining the State Security Services and the Inspector General of Police, Mallam Mohammed Abubakar, and all the agencies of the Federal Government from arresting the suspended governor of  the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi.

Justice Ibrahim Buba granted the order in chamber after hearing Sanusi’s ex parte application shortly after it was duly filed on Friday.

The order is to subsist pending the hearing of the suit. The court adjourned till February 28, before which time parties in the suit were expected to have been served.

The court order came as the suspended CBN governor accused  President Goodluck Jonathan administration of shielding corrupt government officials.

In an interview granted the Voice of America (Hausa Service), shortly after his suspension on Thursday, Sanusi   accused the President  of doing  nothing to punish corrupt officials in his cabinet.

He cited the case of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, who he said,  publicly  admitted that she spent N3.5bn of tax-payers’ money on kerosene subsidy without appropriation, on live television.

He said, “The minister of Petroleum Resources appeared before the National Assembly in front of television cameras and admitted that she spent N3.5bn of tax-payers’ money on kerosene subsidy without appropriation, nothing was done.”.

The  former CBN governor had vowed to pursue the matter in court to safeguard the bank’s autonomy and protect the nation’s economy against abuse of power shortly after the President suspended him on Thursday.

“He said, “I am also letting the people know that we believe that the President does not have the powers to suspend the CBN governor.

“I have no intention of returning to the job but we are going to court to confirm whether or not the President has powers to suspend the CBN governor.

How Jonathan secured PDP governors’ support

 

President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan secured the approval of the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party before suspending the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido, from office, SATURDAY PUNCH has learnt.

The secret meeting, which was held inside the First Lady Conference Hall at the Presidential Villa on Monday, was attended by the PDP governors.

The governors, who attended the meeting included  Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Liyel Imoke (Cross River); Ibrahim Shema (Katsina); Martins Elechi (Ebonyi); Theodore Orji (Abia); Ramalan Yero (Kaduna) and Gabriel Suswam (Benue).

Others are Seidu Dakingari (Kebbi); Idris Wada (Kogi); Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Jonah Jang (Plateau); Isa Yuguda (Bauchi); Garba Umar (Taraba); Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta); Bala Ngilari (Deputy Governor, Adamawa) and Sam Jonah (Deputy Governor Bayelsa).

Vice-President Namadi Sambo; National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu; the party’s Deputy National Chairman, Uche Secondus and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, also attended alongside the President.

One of the governors who attended the meeting said that the President actually tabled the issue and was advised to act fast because the leadership of the party and the Presidency were of the opinion that the suspended CBN governor was becoming a major opposition figure as the race for 2015 approached.

The source said, “The President tabled the matter and the governors and the leadership of the party agreed that the matter needed to be dealt with early.

“While some argued that the matter should be left till a later date to enable the suspended CBN governor to serve out his tenure, which ought to end around middle of the year, others felt that it would be better for him to be suspended in order not to cause further damage to the fortune of the President and the party as the race for 2015 hit up.

Satanist serial killer: ‘I stopped counting at 22′

Miranda Barbour could be one of America’s most prolific female serial killer (Picture: AP)

A teenage Satanist, charged with the murder of a man she met through the Craigslist contact website, has admitted killing at least 22 others.
Miranda Barbour could be one of America’s most prolific female serial killers after making the confession to a Pennsylvania newspaper from her prison cell.
The 19-year-old said she was just 13 when she began the nationwide killing spree in her home state of Alaska, adding: ‘When I hit 22, I stopped counting

Drunk father forces eight-year-old son

 to drive him home from pub

Juliusz, 8, attempted to drive his father home in the green car (Picture: CEN)

A father who had drunk too much at a pub forced his eight-year-old son drive him home.
Mikolaj Tomaszewski could now be jailed for five years after his son, Juliusz, crashed into another car in Gielniow, Poland, during the ill-fated trip.
Both of them suffered minor injuries in the accident along with three other people.
The 38-year-old had reportedly called his son from the pub and asked him to ride his bike there, and then drive home in his green Opel Corsa.

Tinie Tempah high-fives Prince William at the Baftas, monarchy dies a death

Gifs were quick to appear on social networking sites (Picture: Twitter)

Baftas viewers have reacted with surprise after rapper Tinie Tempah high-fived the Duke of Cambridge at this year’s ceremony.
The audacious rapper took to the stage with Laura Mvula for tonight’s awards show and as he performed, he approached Prince William – who was watching in the audience – for a high-five.
Twitter users were, as ever, quick to react.
‘Tinie Tempah just high fived Prince William. That’s when the monarchy ended. Right there. #BAFTAs,’ one wrote.

Nine-year-old girl scarred for life after thug hurled glass beer bottle through car window

Abbie Keers, nine, was left with horrific injuries when she was showered with glass (Picture: NCJMedia)

Schoolgirl Abbie Keers has been left scarred for life and almost lost an eye after a thug hurled a glass beer bottle at the car she was travelling in.
The nine-year-old had to endure emergency plastic surgery on Saturday after the beer bottle smashed through the window, showering her with broken glass and embedding shards in her face.
The terrified youngster suffered cuts to her forehead, hands, nose and around her right eye, which she almost lost sight in.

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Arsene Wenger described Jose Mourinho's comments about him as 'embarrassing' for Chelsea as he preferred to focus on Arsenal's 2-1 FA Cup victory over Liverpool.

Chelsea boss Mourinho called Wenger a 'specialist in failure' on Friday and Wenger was keen to deflect the subject when he addressed the media after his side booked their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

He insisted that he was more disappointed for Chelsea than himself over Mourinho's remarks, and instead savoured an important win for Arsenal.

Asked about Mourinho, Wenger told reporters: "I am embarrassed for him, honestly.

"First of all I would say that I didn't speak about him at all in my press conference, and I have no more to say... I am more disappointed for Chelsea than for me.