FG to pay Sanusi N50 million for damages,as courts orders for the release of his International passport.

Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Nigeria Police
and the Department of State Services from arresting or harassing the
suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido.
The court also ordered the DSS to release Mr. Sanusi’s passport to
him immediately while also awarding the embattled CBN boss N50
million in exemplary damages.
Mr. Sanusi’s passport was seized on February 20, as he arrived the
Lagos international airport, hours after he was suspended as CBN
Governor by President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was briefly detained as well.
Mr. Sanusi, in separate suits, challenged his suspension, and asked for
an enforcement of his fundamental rights as enshrined in the Nigerian
constitution.
The court had on February 21 granted an interim order, restraining
the respondents from arresting, detaining, or harassing the applicant
pending the determination of the substantive suit.
The interim order was sequel to an affidavit of urgency filed by the
applicant on the same date.
On Monday, the court adjourned to April 4 ruling on the preliminary
objection raised against the restraining order by the SSS and the
police.
The court has now ruled, saying the government and its agencies have
no basis to arrest or harass Mr. Sanusi. The court also frowned at
the seizure of the CBN Governor’s travelling documents.

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