The suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido, has
finally confirmed that indeed he was ordered by President Goodluck
Jonathan to resign from office but he ignored the order because what he
gave as excuse to direct him to resign from office was baseless and just
a desperate move to take him out.
"He asked me to resign and I did indicate that I did not see a basis for it because the allegation was that I had handed a letter that I wrote to him to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Rotimi Amaechi, and I did not.
"Now, would there be a backlash? The answer is yes. The backlash has started and it’s not even here yet. I will see the backlash when I leave office. So long as you are in office there is protection.
“You will see everything from newspaper articles to false allegations to attempts at having you in the hands of EFCC, more like 'we must also do to him what he did to us'. It is to be expected. But it is precisely the fear of political backlash that has stopped action in this country."
Sanusi was already aware that Jonathan is after him and in a chat with
Metropole Magazine, few days before he was suspended from office, he
said the reason Nigeria is still backward is because nobody can question
all the wrongs by those in power. He said those in the Presidency see
themselves as gods over Nigerians but they are quick to forget that
power is very temporary and soon they too will become history.
Speaking further, Sanusi said, "For me, it’s never really a big deal.
First of all, there is nothing in life that is very important to me. So I
do not have any fear of loss. I have never lacked anything but that
doesn’t mean I am obsessed with anything.
“If anybody wants to put me in prison I have always said just tell me what prison to go to and I would drive myself there, and pay my own transport fare there and I can maintain myself there in the period that you have set out for me. And I will come out. It’s just a location.”
Sanusi said Nigerians should watch out for more revelations of how the country's wealth is being stolen daily.
