Longeria: The breaking news will first break your head,

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sluk:


SaharaReporters has learnt that Nigeria's Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, will be forced to leave his post in March, 2014, two months before the formal expiration of his tenure.



Two sources at the Presidency and a source at the Central Bank disclosed to SaharaReporters that Mr. Sanusi has been ordered to proceed on a post-retirement leave in March.

According to all the sources, the early exit for the CBN henchman is occasioned by Mr. Sanusi's recent leaked letter to President Goodluck Jonathan detailing the theft of close to $50 billion in oil proceeds by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Last week, Mr. Sanusi revised the figure of missing funds down to $12 billion, but the damage to the Jonathan Presidency is considered massive.

It was also gathered that Mr. Jonathan has concluded plans to speedily replace the CBN governor whom the president believes set out to embarrass his government.

"[President] Jonathan thinks that Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has been making erratic pronouncements recently calculated to demean the office of the President," said a source in the Presidency.

Presidency officials accused the CBN governor of leaking a private letter written to President Jonathan in which Nigeria's chief banker complained about fraud perpetrated by officials of the NNPC and the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Ms. Alison-Madueke is extremely close to the president and is believed to be the arrowhead of Mr. Jonathan's corrupt schemes, especially in the oil sector.

Additionally, one of the sources at the Presidency told SaharaReporters that, although Mr. Sanusi's allegations were substantially accurate, the CBN governor was forced to back down from the more damaging aspects of his claims after the president's associates threatened to make an issue of his reckless spending and philandering.

"Once Sanusi found out that the Presidency was determined to deal with him, both through the media and by instigating the EFCC to look into his spending habits, he was willing to retreat and to accept an early departure," said our source.

Shortly after the CBN governor was effectively blackmailed and brought under control, he appeared before the Nigerian Senate and reversed his position, claiming that the NNPC was only unable to reconcile $12 billion of crude oil sale earnings.

It was shortly after Mr. Sanusi's Senate appearance that President Jonathan ordered that the CBN governor's retirement should be fast-tracked. Mr. Sanusi, who is believed to nurse an ambition to become the next Emir of Kano, had publicly stated that he does not intend to stay for another term.

lawbabs:

That is a foolish statement to make. How would u say, he ought not to write a letter before investigation. Is the letter addressed to u? How will investigation be conducted if he didnt write the letter. The purpose of the letter was for the presidency to investigate the inconsistency. What u should worry urself about is how and why did the letter leak?

Dis Guy: Ghen ghen gheeeen

Let's see how this plays out, another thing i notice under this Govt, no one (i can think of right ow) has really ever been sacked without full pay[ they all went on early retirement]

Anyway i cant wait for Sanusi to be outside the government, would look to read more expose

account reconciliation[i][/i] my backside

ajani1978: If is true Jonathan too will be sacked before his tenure end in 2015

Mcbussy: i see alot of pple here dat are most likely below average saying Sanusi dis,Lamido dat...do u even have an idea how much $10 billion is worth?!imagine pple stealing dat much despite all d irregularities and condition of dis country,yet u feel he deserves to be punished...i pity for d youths and future of dis nation.

sum1 puts his name and even security @ stake for us to know how much we're being cheated and we're still here criticising him....smh

Fhemmmy: 2015 will be fun . . . Looking forward to see how it will all play out

sluk: For your information
JUST IN: CBN Governor Sanusi Forced To Leave Over Leaked Letter
m.naij.com

ROSSIKE: Why wait till March? He should be sacked immediately.

Mcbussy: i see alot of pple here dat are most likely below average saying Sanusi dis,Lamido dat...do u even have an idea how much $10 billion is worth?!imagine pple stealing dat much despite all d irregularities and condition of dis country,yet u feel he deserves to be punished...i pity for d youths and future of dis nation.

sum1 puts his name and even security @ stake for us to know how much we're being cheated and we're still here criticising him....smh