Dasuki Lands Into More Trouble

The troubles of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) seems to have been redoubling as the federal government on Monday, November 23, asked an Abuja Federal High Court to revoke the bail granted the former security adviser on September 1.

Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)

Dasuki is standing trial of four-count charge of money laundering and illegal possession of firearms.
The central government through the Federal Ministry of Justice said that the said revocation of the bail of the accused person will able it to arrest him and others that have been indicted on the alleged embezzlement of $2 billion which was meant for purchase of arms in 2007 to date, The Punch reports.
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Dasuki and others were indicted in an interim report by the Committee Auditing Procurement of Arms/Equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence Sector from 2007 to date which was recently submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The government is also seeking for an order remanding the former NSA in prison pending the commencement of the trial.
The government application  reads: “An order of this honourable court revoking the bail of the defendant/respondent (FG) granted on September 1, 2015, in Charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/319/2015 and committing him to prison pending trial.”
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According to the director, public prosecution of the federation, Mohammed Diri, the continued absence of the accused person in court contravened provisions of section 266 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act which made it mandatory for a defendant to always be present in court for his trial.
Diri also noted that intelligence report available to him showed that Dasuki was planning to evade justice and tamper with ongoing investigation through the order granted him by the court to travel on health ground.