A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the former
\nNational Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd).<\/p>\n
This is the sixth bail granted to the former NSA. However, he has remained
\nin custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).<\/p>\n
The trial judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu\u00a0on Monday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0described Dasuki\u2019s She, therefore, granted the former NSA bail in the sum of N200 million and The sureties according to her, must not be lower than grade 16 in the Also, each surety is expected to pay a sum of 100 million as bail Meanwhile, the judge took a swipe at the (DSS), stating that it cannot She, therefore, ordered that should the DSS want to interview the former On his part, the former NSA also filed a Fundamental Right to Liberty He also asked the court to award him five billion Naira as general damages Justice Ojukwu, however, concluded that since bail had been granted, the The Federal Government had arrested Dasuki in 2015 over an alleged Subsequently, he was arraigned on 18 counts but his trial has since then In May 2018, the trial suffered a fresh delay as the Federal Government A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd). This is the sixth bail granted to the former NSA.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\ncontinuous detention over the last two and a half years as an aberration
\nto the rule of law and the contrition.<\/p>\n
\ntwo sureties.<\/p>\n
\ncivil service and where they are private citizens they must be owners of
\nlanded properties in Asokoro, Maitama, Utako or Garki area of Abuja.<\/p>\n
\nguarantee into the court\u2019s litigation account.<\/p>\n
\ngive itself the powers to met out punishment at a person, as only the
\ncourt has the powers to do so at the end of a trial.<\/p>\n
\nNSA in the future, it must be done without detention and on a working day.<\/p>\n
\nsuit, asking the court to order the DSS to release him after two and a
\nhalf years in detention without trial.<\/p>\n
\nand asked it to order the DSS as well as the Attorney-General of the
\nFederation to tender a public apology to him for a long, unlawful and
\nillegal detention.<\/p>\n
\ncourt is not inclined to award damages.<\/p>\n
\ndiversion of $2.1billion arms funds.<\/p>\n
\nsuffered series of delays.<\/p>\n
\nfiled 32 amended charges against him and three others.<\/p>\n