The family of the detained former
National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has formally dragged the
Attorney General of the Federation and Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami, SAN,
before the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) demanding sanction of the minister
for “utter disregard to the rule of law”.
The family in a petition accused
Malami of exhibiting unprofessional conduct likely to cause anarchy in the
country through his “promotion of disobedience to lawful order of court by the
Federal Government”.
In the petition copied the Chief
Justice of Nigeria, Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, and Legal
Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, the family regretted that Dasuki had been
unjustly detained without a lawful order for almost three years.
Recalling how their son served
Nigeria for 21 years as a courageous officer in the Nigerian Army, Managing
Director Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC) and later as
National Security Adviser to the immediate past administration, they stated
that Dasuki has never been convicted of any crime till date.
The petition signed by his wife,
Hajia Bintu Sambo Dasuki, his son, Abubakar Atiku Dasuki and his nephew,
Senator Umar Dahiru explained how the ordeal of Dasuki started when Buhari’s
government came on board with unlawful invasion of his houses in Abuja and
Sokoto during which properties vehicles were carted away by the operatives of
the Department of State Security Service (DSS).
The petition also chronicled how
Dasuki was arraigned before a Federal High Court and other High Courts of the
Federal Capital Territory on various charges but was granted bail by the
judges.
It indicated that Court of
Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was
approached and that in the landmark judgement of the court, the detention of
Dasuki was declared unlawful, null and void, while a fine of N15m was slammed
on the Federal Government.
The Dasuki’s family noted that
upon meeting the bail condition, the warrant of release of Dasuki on bail
signed by the Court was served on the Director General of DSS and the Attorney
General for their compliance with the order of the court.
The family informed the NBA in
the petition that rather than complying with the order of the court, the AGF as
the Chief Law Officer of the Federation made unsalutory and unprofessional
remarks that the order of the court as relates to Dasuki would not be obeyed by
the Federal Government.
The NBA was prayed to invoke laws
on Code of Ethics on professional code of ethics against Mallami, investigate
him and impose deserved disciplinary sanctions against him in order to
safeguard the rule of law for the country.
The family also asked the NBA to
intervene in the ordeal of Dasuki and speak out and take decisions and actions
that will compel the Federal Government to respect the rule of law and obey the
order of the court that admitted him to lawful bail.
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