Justice H. Baba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has
\non Tuesday, February 9, 2021, adjourned the trial of a former National
\nSecurity Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) and four others to
\nApril 13, 2021.<\/p>\n
At the resumed trial today, Obinna Mbata, counsel to the second and
\nthird defendants informed the court that the second defendant was absent
\ndue to ill-health, and urged the court to grant them an adjournment. “We
\ngot confirmation that he contracted COVID-19.\u00a0 In the absence, we will
\nbe praying the indulgence of the court for a date sometime in April,
\nsubject to the convenience of the court.”<\/p>\n
However, prosecution counsel O A, Atolagbe informed the Court that he
\nhad his witnesses in court but lamented the absence of the second
\ndefendant.<\/p>\n
Counsel to the first and fourth defendants did not object to the
\napplication for adjournment.<\/p>\n
Thereafter, Justice Baba adjourned the matter till April 13 and 14,
\n2021, for continuation of trial.<\/p>\n
Dasuki, along with Shuaibu Salisu, a former Director of Finance and
\nAdministration, Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA; Aminu
\nBabakusa, a former General Manager, Nigerian National Petroleum
\nCorporation; Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital
\nLimited are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes
\nCommission, EFCC, on a 32-count charge bordering on money laundering and
\ncriminal breach of trust to the tune of N29, 000,000,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Justice H. Baba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, adjourned the trial of a former National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"\n