20 February 2014, Lagos – Suspended CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi returned to Nigeria after attending an ECOWAS meeting in the Niger Republic Thursday.
He was attending the meeting when he heard of his suspension.
On arrival at the Lagos international airport, he was briefly detained by the Nigerian State Security Services and had his passport seized.
Sanusi was in the company of APC chieftain and former FCT Minister, Nasir El-Rufai, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport.