Nigeria’s former Central Bank chief, Lamido Sanusi on Sunday described the president who sacked him as a simple man doing his best for the country who has been undermined by incompetent and fraudulent aides.
Sanusi was suspended by President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday over alleged financial misconduct, a decision seen by many analysts as politically motivated.
Sanusi has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) of misappropriating $20 billion (14.5 billion euros), allegations that earned him powerful enemies across the government.
In an interview with AFP in Lagos, Sanusi labelled many of the people advising Jonathan as sycophants who do not speak frankly or honestly about the extent of corruption in government.
“When you sit with President Jonathan himself he appears a nice simple person who is trying his best to do his best,” Sanusi said.
“His greatest failing obviously is that he is surrounded by people who are extremely incompetent, who are extremely fraudulent and whom he trusts.”
Sanusi learned of his removal from office while in Niger on Thursday and immediately returned to Lagos, where agents from the Directorate of State Services (DSS) seized his passport.
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