A leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Dr. Frederick Fasheun has said that suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi deserved to be sacked by President Jonathan as he was to big for his britches.
In an interview with Daily Independent, he said, “Sanusi has no respect for the office of the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria and carried on as if he is a law unto himself, the fact that he is a prince does not confer a special status on him, he is not above the President; even monarchs are still under the head of state.”
On the legality of President Jonathan’s move to sack the governor, Fasheun said, “President Goodluck Jonathan is an executive President, he can hire and fire…He deserved his sack by the President; how can you be so arrogant to an executive President of a country like Nigeria?”
“He (Sanusi) claimed that President Jonathan does not have the right to remove him; from which book did he read that? He who hires has the right to fire.”
He added: “The President has the right to suspend or remove him. If he (Sanusi) has the power to fight back, he can as well suspend the President.”
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