Sambo Dasuki, former national
security adviser, has been released after four years in detention.
The Department of State Services
(DSS) released Dasuki in Abuja on Tuesday following the directive of the
federal government.
Ahmed Raji, Dasuki’s counsel,
confirmed that his client was released on Tuesday evening.
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general
of the federation, had asked the secret police to release Dasuki and Omoyele
Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, in compliance with the court order
on their release.
The former NSA was arrested in
2015 over alleged abuse of office and money laundering. Different courts had
granted him bail which the federal government did not comply with.
In 2015, the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had preferred charges against Dasuki in two
separate suits before Hussein Baba-Yusuf, a judge of the FCT high court.
In the first suit, the former NSA
was tried alongside Bashir Yuguda, former minister of state for finance;
Attahiru Bafarawa, former Sokoto state governor; his son, Sagir and his
company, Dalhatu Investment Limited.
They were charged on a 25-count
charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of public
fund to the tune N19.4 billion.
In the other suit, he was tried
alongside Aminu Baba- Kusa, a former general manager, Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and two firms: Acacia Holdings Limited and
Reliance Referral Hospital Limited.
They were rearraigned on an
amended 32-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, dishonest
release and receiving various sums of money to the tune of N33.2 billion.
In an open letter in 2018, 2018,
Dasuki said he would no longer attend trial until the DSS complies with orders
of different courts which ordered his release.
At the last adjourned date,
Rotimi Jacobs, the EFCC counsel, expressed dissatisfaction over the continuous
absence of Dasuki in the cases.
“We can’t be in the same place
for four years without moving,” he said.
He informed the court that the
prosecution had filed a motion dated November 4, seeking the continuation of
trial in Dasuki’s absence.
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