SSS stops Sanusi at Kano Airport •Seizes his passport

FORMER governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lamido Sanusi, was, on Saturday night, stopped at the Kano Airport and prevented from travelling to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj.

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His passport was said to have been seized by security officers.
The Federal Government had sued Sanusi after his suspension as CBN governor for allegedly sponsoring Boko Haram activities.

Former Federal Capital Territory minister under President Olusegun Obasanjo-led administration, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on his Facebook wall, said “my brother, Lamido Sanusi, has just been stopped at Kano Airport and prevented from travelling to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj, violating his freedom of movement, religion and conscience.
“His passport was seized and was told it was on orders from the president. The SSS officers at the airport have been instructed to violate his constitutional rights with impunity and disregard for any orders of the High Court.”
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