Dear Sambo Dasuki,
It’s exactly two years ago, in
the morning of December 1, 2015, when we chatted on the phone over the security
operatives that had invaded your Asokoro residence and later whisked you away
as the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA). I was then in Maiduguri
on an assignment.
Since that day, you have remained
in detention even after being granted bails by at least four separate High
Court Judges. They are, Justice Adetokunbo Ademola and Justice Ahmed Ramat
Mohammed of the Federal High Court, as well as Justice Hussein Baba- Yusuf and
Justice Peter Affen of the FCT High Courts. They had considered the merit of
your applications and granted you the bails. The ECOWAS Court of Justice too
had ordered for your immediate release with compensation of N15 million for the
unlawful and illegal detentions without legal warrant or court orders.
From all the court proceedings so
far, none of the allegations against you is treasonable, while the allegations
of misappropriation of funds can only be proven in the court on whether the
expenditures went through the due process of official authorisations. The
charge of illegal possession of firearms, by the discovery of weapons in your
residence, less than 24 hours after you left office and at a time you had
military and security bodyguards, is, to say the least, laughable, and can only
be interpreted as witch-hunting.
While you have never stated your
side of the stories in court or anywhere else since your arrest and detention
two years ago, there have been so many accusations and complete falsehood
through media trials. Some baseless documents were leaked without attaching
originating memos and approving authorities among others. It is pathetically
appalling that your image has been tarnished through sponsored and misguided
media trials. It is unfortunate that many Nigerian are not aware of your
antecedents when you had proven yourself as a man of integrity during your
tenure as ADC to President Ibrahim Babangida as well as Managing Director
Nigeria Security, Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC). In both offices, you
left honourably and on principles to protect your reputation.
While your traducers would rather
taint your image by making references to the alleged misappropriation of funds
during your tenure as NSA, they tirelessly worked to suppress the apparent
success stories of the war-against-terrorism campaign during your tenure. They
don’t want Nigerians to know that during your tenure as NSA to President
Goodluck Jonathan, the brave Nigerian troops, successfully liberated and
recovered over two dozens big towns from Boko Haram. Those towns included;
Abadam, Askira, Baga, Bama, Bara, Buni Yadi, Damboa, Dikwa, Gamboru-Ngala,
Goniri, Gujba, Gulag, Gulani, Gwoza, Hong, Kala Balge, Konduga, Kukawa, Marte,
Madagali, Michika, Monguno, Mubi, Vimtim among others.
Though some may be forgetful to
realise that during your tenure as NSA, Nigeria spearheaded the formation of
Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF) where you sought the cooperation of
reluctant neighbouring countries to join in the fight against terrorism. The
taskforce has been sustained just as other initiatives and legacies you
introduced and left behind in the Office of the National Security Adviser
(ONSA).
While I won’t like to talk about
your past relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari, especially on 1983 Coup
and others which I published in previous articles and my recent book “An
Encounter with the Spymaster,” the toxic speculation and misleading information
that you arrested Buhari in 1985 remain unabated. Even while you have denied
the allegation, with principal actors including, retired Colonel Abdulmumini
Aminu publicly admitting their involvement, the rumour is sustained for
ulterior motives.
I cannot end this short memo
without expressing my most profound appreciation for rescuing me from
humiliation after I was unjustly retired by the government you served when the
then Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had reported me to the
Presidency for punishment over my harmless opinion article in 2013.
Not only did you attempt to bring
me back into the public service which I politely rejected, you nevertheless
accepted my condition to serve as a Consultant on Crisis Management to the same
government.
Though we recruited a large
number of young Nigerian graduates in ensuring the success of the campaigns,
presently the workforce has reduced drastically due to lack of patronages from
the system. We have nevertheless continued to sustain the services on pro bono
basis, especially for the military, security, intelligence and response
agencies.
Meanwhile, the good news today is
that Justice David Isele of National Industrial Court has ordered my
reinstatement into the public service and payment of all my salaries,
allowances with interest in prevailing bank rate within 30 days. I am awaiting
the Federal Government’s obedient to that court order.
While I still nurse the fear that
you may spend another year in the unlawful detention as New Year 2018 is around
the corner, I must commend your courage and doggedness during our recent chat
in the court. You have said for the umpteenth time that you have no
ill-feelings against your ‘good friends’ who are currently on the other side
and other ‘people’ who cannot do anything in your case. You said: “In every Challenge,
every temptation and every situation one finds himself, there are lessons to be
learnt and to be thankful to Almighty Allah.”
May your days in court offer you
with the opportunity you have craved for, to clear your name from malicious
allegations and to enable you to provide concrete evidence of your stewardship
as the National Security Adviser who ensured efficient inter-agency
collaboration for national stability and national security.
As you remain in detention in the
last two years against all legal procedures, even when you lost your father,
Sultan Dasuki, I pray you stay fortified believing that God’s time is the best.
Yours Sincerely,
Yushau Shuaib
Author “An Encounter with the Spymaster”
yashuaib@yahoo.com
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Is tipicai lie, all those Town's you mentioned were retrieved back to Nigeria by PMB's administration
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