Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed an application brought
\nbefore it by former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.<\/p>\n
Dasuki\u2019s lawyers promised to appeal the judgement since it would prevent
\nthem from having access to him.<\/p>\n
The ex-NSA had earlier alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was behind
\nhis unlawful arrest and detention without trial since December 29, 2015.<\/p>\n
In the application, Dasuki had sought an order of the court prohibiting
\nthe Federal Government and any of its agencies from further prosecuting
\nhim until the order admitting him to bail is obeyed so that he could have
\naccess to his lawyers.<\/p>\n
His application was on the ground that the charge against him cannot
\nlawfully be prosecuted by a government that is in brazen disobedience of a
\nlawful court order.<\/p>\n
Alternatively, Dasuki prayed the court for an order staying further
\nproceedings in the charge until he has exhausted the remedies available to
\nhim in law for the enforcement of his right to liberty as
\npreserved by the bail order granted him.<\/p>\n
In his ruling, Justice Peter Affen relying on Section 221and 396 (2) of
\nthe Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), said that it is of
\ncommon knowledge that Dasuki was rearrested upon perfecting his bail
\ncondition.<\/p>\n
Justice Affen who praised what he described as the \u201cgallant efforts\u201d of
\nthe counsels to the defendant, however said his earlier order prohibiting
\nthe EFCC from rearresting Dasuki did not constitute immunity from \u201cfurther
\nprosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Justice Affen ruled that since it was clear that the ex-NSA was not
\nre-arrested by the EFCC but by the Department of State Service, the EFCC
\ncould not be said to have violated the said order granting him bail.<\/p>\n
The judge ruled that though the EFCC and the DSS were both federal
\nagencies, the wrongdoing of one could not be blamed on other.<\/p>\n
The Judge added that the order granting him bail did not preclude him from
\nbeing re-arrested by other agencies of the Federal Government in respect
\nof other alleged crime.<\/p>\n
Reacting to the ruling, counsel to Dasuki, Ahmed Raji SAN, said there is a
\n\u201chigh possibility\u201d of appealing the judgment, saying if justice must be
\nserved, then counsels must be allowed unfettered access to their clients.<\/p>\n
The court subsequently adjourned further hearing on the substantive suit Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed an application brought before it by former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki. Dasuki\u2019s lawyers promised to appeal the judgement since it would…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
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