{"id":46319,"date":"2016-02-08T16:39:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T15:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=46319"},"modified":"2016-02-08T16:39:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T15:39:01","slug":"courts-declines-to-stop-dasukis-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/courts-declines-to-stop-dasukis-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Courts declines to stop Dasuki&#8217;s trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main\">\n<div id=\"paneshell\">\n<div id=\"shellcontent\" class=\" no-tabs\">\n<div id=\"shellinner\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2061\" class=\"tab-content\" data-tid=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2035\" data-title=\"topnews\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2072\" class=\"messagepane basepane \" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2068\" class=\"message content\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2190\" class=\"base-card \">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2189\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2188\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2187\" class=\"email-wrapped\">\n<div id=\"yiv3028017646\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2186\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2304\">The \u00a0Federal capital Territory (FCT) high court, Abuja, today struck out the application of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), to stop his trial.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2306\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2307\"><\/div>\n<div>Dasuki had based his application of the violation of his rights by the quthorities.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2308\"><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0But \u00a0Justice Baba-Yusuf held that the central issue to be considered was whether or not the federal government was in contempt of court for failing to release the accused person after he was granted bail.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0He ruled that the federal government was not in contempt of court because it was a stranger agent, the DSS, that was holding him, and not the EFCC, which is the main prosecution in the case.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2309\">\u00a0He thereafter struck out Dasuki\u2019s application for lacking in merit. The court had fixed Monday to rule on whether to discharge or to continue the trial of Dasuki for money laundering charges brought against him by the federal government.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2310\"><\/div>\n<div>Justice Baba-Yusuf fixed the date after counsel to Dasuki, Joseph Daodu (SAN), and counsel to the federal government, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), had addressed the court on a motion praying the release of the former NSA.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2317\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2311\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2315\">In the motion, Daodu asked the court to stop the federal government from prosecuting him until he was released.\u00a0He\u00a0argued that the federal government could not lawfully prosecute Dasuki because it had been in contempt of the court.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2314\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2312\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454945789129_2313\" class=\"base-card-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00a0Federal capital Territory (FCT) high court, Abuja, today struck out the application of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), to stop his trial. 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