Alleged $2 Billion Fraud: Court Declines to Summon Dasuki

 

The Federal Government, yesterday, failed to persuade the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to summon the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki(retd), to appear before it, Vanguard reports.

Dasuki, who is answering to a five-count criminal charge bordering on money laundering and alleged illegal  possession of firearms had since pleaded not guilty to the charge, even as the court, in a ruling on November 3, permitted him to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment.

Dasuki, who told the court that he has cancer, was granted three-weeks medical leave by trial Justice Ademola Adeniyi. However,  a day after the order was made by the court, operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, besieged Dasuki’s home and had since prevented him from travelling.

In a ruling yesterday, Justice Ademola Adeniyi dismissed an  application filed by the Federal Government with a view to securing an order that will compel the presence of Dasuki in court.

 

Justice Adeniyi has slated December 3 to hear an application asking the court to revoke the bail it granted to Dasuki.