Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Losses Case Against Removal

The technically removed CBN governor has lost his bid
challenging his removal by the President.
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ruled that it
lacked jurisdiction to entertain a suit filed by Mallam
Lamido Sanusi challenging his suspension as the
Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, by President
Goodluck Jonathan on February 20.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole held in his judgment that the
matter was labour and employment -related and
therefore ordered it to be transferred to the National
Industrial Court.
The judge also said the plaintiff was at liberty to
challenge his decision at the Court of Appeal.
He added that he deliberately refrained from deciding
the case on its merit so as not to make any
prejudicial pronouncements before the matter gets to
the Industrial Court.
The judge held that, in line with Sections 251(1) and
254(c) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, the proper court, where Sanusi
ought to have instituted the suit, was the NIC.
Sanusi had through his counsel, Mr. Kola Awodein
(SAN), sued Jonathan and the Attorney-General of the
Federation and the police, asking the court to declare
his suspension by the President null and void.
But the court upheld the objection of the President and
the AGF to the suit, declaring that the court lacked
jurisdiction to hear the suit. Check