Court Clears Federal Govt. of Disobedience on Dasuki

A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday cleared the Federal Government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of disobedience of any court order in the ongoing trial of ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.
The court held that it was wrong for Dasuki to accuse the federal government and the EFCC of violating the order granting him bail when there was evidence that he was only arrested after he had been released from prison for fulfilling his bail conditions.
Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf gave the ruling on Dasuki's application in which he had sought among others, an order restraining the EFCC from proceeding with his prosecution and an order quashing the charge against him.
The ex-NSA's lawyers, Joseph Daudu (SAN) and Ahmed Raji (SAN), urged the court not to indulge either the government or the EFCC by proceeding with the trial on the ground that its agency had rearrested Dasuki after granting him bail.
Dasuki is being tried with a former Director of Finance and Administration, Office of the National Security Adviser, Shuaibu Salisu, a former General Manager, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Babakusa and two companies – Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited – on a 19-count charge of money laundering and criminal breach of trust.
Justice Yusuf dismissed Dasuki's application on the ground that it lacked merit.

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