The applicant, a former National Security Adviser, headed to the appellate court over his prolonged detention by the Department of State Services.
Dasuki had prayed the appellate court to set aside a judgment by an Abuja High Court that refused to stay proceedings of his trial following his prolonged detention
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Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf, who adjourned the case, said it would allow Chief Akin Olujimi (SAN), counsel to Salisu, to be present in court.
At the last sitting, Dasuki’s counsel, Joesph Daudu (SAN), had prayed the court to consolidate the cases against his client
The ex-NSA, in a fresh motion on notice filed by his counsel, Joseph Daudu (SAN), claimed that the trial in two different courts on the same issues and facts is unconstitutional and prejudicial to his right to fair trial by the court
Dasuki, who was represented by his counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN), has however filed a motion on notice before the court asking for the order of the court to direct the Federal Government or any of its agents acting on its behalf to provide him adequate time to prepare his defence in the 19-count charge filed against him and for which he had been admitted to bail
Ibrahim said the outcome of forensic analysis on financial transactions in the Sterling Bank account used for the transaction indicated that the money was not payment for contract executed
Dasuki is standing trial in three different courts over fraudulent conversion of money among many other charges
The judge, who took a swipe at the Federal Government for failure to bring Dasuki to court, stood down the trial for two hours and insisted that the trial will not be conducted until Dasuki had been brought before him as required by law
He said: “My attention has been drawn to insinuations in certain quarters of my purported repayment of some monies I was allegedly given by the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd)
The NGE made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday in reaction to a claim by Obaigbena that he gave N50 million to the Guild from the money he was alleged to have collected from the Office of the then National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki
Buhari, who reacted to the claim by Dasuki in his statement to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that he gave him $300,000, said he did not receive a kobo from the former NSA
He was immediately granted bail on self recognition, while the trial judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, ordered the Department of State Services to submit Dasuki’s passport, which it had seized, to the court registrar
After more than 24hours of siege, the Federal Government has ordered the withdrawal of operatives of the Department of State…
Reacting to PDP allegations that APC bribed Chatham House to enable its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, speak, the APC Campaign said the President Goodluck Jonathan administration has taken propaganda to a ridiculous level of childishness, triviality and banality
This was contained in a communiqué signed by Governor Rochas Okorocha, the Chairman of the forum and governor of Imo State
“Unscrupulous Nigerians who were exploiting the situation for their selfish interest will not be spared and any incisive utterances by religious or political leaders will not be tolerated
The President, who arrived from the United Kingdom, where he attended the meeting of the Honourary International Investors Council, said that he has fully recovered and was set to resume work on Monday