Reports have it that the anti-graft commission, EFCC is exploiting all legal routes to secure the hand over of the embattled Sambo Dasuki from the custody of the Department of State Security for investigation.
Sambo Dasuki
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is putting pressure on the State Security Service (DSS) to hand over former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, for interrogation over the ongoing investigation into arms procurement contracts during the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
According to Premium Times, Dasuki was arrested by the SSS on Tuesday after about a month-long siege on his residence in Abuja. The agency thereafter took him to its headquarters where he has been in detention since then.
The senior lawyer heading the former NSA’s legal team, Joseph Daudu, on Tuesday told reporters that he was aware the EFCC applied to Justice Adeniyi Ademola to revoke the bail his court granted Mr. Dasuki.
He also said he was aware the application was pending before the court. But a source at the EFCC told the media that the anti-graft agency was working hard on getting the SSS to release Mr. Dasuki to it for questioning.
"We are working on that angle, whether he would be handed over today or not is what I cannot say with certainty for now," the source said.
"He is central to the investigation we are doing, and we really want him here. He has loads of questions to answer."
Another source at the commission said if the SSS insists on not releasing him, operatives of the EFCC might go to the SSS’ office to interrogate the former NSA.
An associate of Dasuki however told reporters that the retired colonel is refusing to answer questions put to him by the SSS, insisting he would only speak in the presence of his lawyers or before a court of law.
"They have already indicted him without hearing from him," said the associate, who asked not to be named for fear he might be victimised by the administration. "So what’s the use asking him questions now? He will only say things in the open."