of The Central Bank of Nigeria has spoken against
President Jonathan's attempt to force him out of
office before his tenure expires on June 2nd, 2014.
CBN sources confirmed that Sanusi has made up his
mind to resist any attempt to force him out of office
before June 2 when his tenure expires.
This position was further confirmed by the CBN's
spokesman, Mr. Ugo Okoroafor. According to him,
Mallam Sanusi told members of the management at
a meeting on Wednesday that he would be in office
till June and did not even indicate that he might
proceed on any terminal leave before completing his
tenure.
Sanusi's insistence on staying in office till June this
year followed the storm provoked by President
Goodluck Jonathan reportedly ordering him to resign
as reported by a national newspaper yesterday over
allegedly leaking a letter Sanusi wrote to him
(President) claiming that $49.8bn oil revenue was
missing.
Sanusi's position has received support from lawyers
who said that the President lacks the constitutional
powers to direct the Governor of the Central Bank to
resign from office. Most of the lawyers, yesterday,
maintained that only a two-third majority of the
Senate can validly sack the CBN governor from office.
If the former CBN Governor Charles Soludo was
sacked by the then head of state, what gave Sanusi
an impression that President Jonathan can't sack
him?
Sent From David Aniemeka
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