Nigeria's Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi attends an interview with Reuters at the World Islamic Economic Forum in London in this October 30, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Files
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi on Thursday, removing an increasingly outspoken critic of the government's record on tackling rampant corruption in Africa's leading energy producer.
Currency, bond and money markets stopped trading because of the uncertainty created by the suspension. Trading in the naira currency resumed after the central bank intervened with dollar sales, by which time debt markets were closed.
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