More trouble may still be lurking the way of suspended Governor of
Central Bank of Nigeria , Saanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Odi community in
Bayelsa State has asked a Federal High Court to commit him and other top
officials of the bank to prison for their failure to pay the sum of N37
616 871 000 compensation to the victims of the 1999 massacre as
directed by the court.
Other officials of the bank that the
community is seeking to commit to jail include the acting Governor of
the CBN, Sarah Alade; Deputy Governor Corporate Services Directorate,
Suleiman Barau, Deputy Governor Financial System Stability, Dr. Kingsley
Moghalu and the bank’s Head of legal services S. M. Onekut, report ThisDay.
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CBN was one of the judgment debtors in the ruling of Jstice Lambo
Akanbi in 2013. Others judgement debtors are the President, the
Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff and the Attorney General
of the Federation.
The case is coming barely a week after
President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Sanusi from office over
allegations of various acts of financial recklessness and misconduct.
