A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday refused to grant an ex parte motion by the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, seeking his re-instatement.
Sanusi, who was suspended by the President over alleged financial recklessness had on February 24 sought an interlocutory order to restrain the President, the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Inspector-General of Police from giving effect to his suspension pending the determination of his suit.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole in his ruling yesterday held that it is unsafe, judicially speaking to embark on far reaching interim orders which have all the attributes of a mandatory injunction without according the defendant a hearing.
Justice Kolawole also ruled that the court has not only the judicial powers to declare the suspension unlawful but to order that the plaintiff be returned to perform his duties as the Governor of the CBN.
The court can also, even where the tenure had lapsed order the defendants to pay the plaintiffs such remunerations and allowances, he said.
He therefore ordered that hearing notices and originating motion be served on the defendants and adjourned to March 12 for hearing.
-All Africa.com
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