Mallam Sanusi, was billed to travel to France by a Turkish Airline at about midnight, but was forced to discontinue the trip for undisclosed reason(s).
Credible sources at the airport told Daily Sun that the incident happened shortly before midnight, adding that he was interrogated by the operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) at the airport and later released after his interrogators had received order from their superior officers.
It was gathered that during his interrogation, Mallam Sanusi confronted them with a recent court order reinstating his right to free movement, a development which caused the officers to also make further contacts to their superiors regarding the next line of action.
Mallam Sanusi was finally left to go home but his passport (not the diplomatic passport) was eventually seized by the security agents, said the source who sought anonymity.
A highly placed senior security officer, while offering insight into the development, told Daily Sun that the embattled governor of the CBN may have been held back following ongoing investigations against him .
“It may have been considered unwise to allow him to travel abroad at this time when investigation regarding him is in progress,” he said, stressing that it would be wiser for Mallam Sanusi to wait for the conclusion of the investigation before travelling abroad.
The security source also suspected that Mallam Sanusi , might not have bothered to properly communicate the details of his current trip to the relevant authorities.
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