Former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd), on Friday failed again in his bid to have his trial for the fraudulent misappropriation of $2.1 billion suspended.
Justice Peter Affen of the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Friday ruled that the embattled former security chief must face trial for misappropriation of the arms procurement fund.
The court dismissed Dasuki’s bid to avoid prosecution on the grounds that the Federal Government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have disobeyed an order of the Court made on December 21, 2015, that he should be released on bail.
The judge disagreed with Dasuki’s argument that his re-arrest on December 29, 2015, violated the order of the Court, adding that his application lacked merit and ordered that the trial of the ex-NSA, who was charged along with others, must continue.
The judge thereafter fixed April 20 and April 22 for the continuation of trial.
Punch reports that Justice Baba Yusuf of the same court had also on February 8 made a similar declaration that the detention of the former NSA was not in breach of his order granting bail to him on December 18, 2015.
The judge had fixed March 23 for the commencement of trial.
Dasuki had also filed separate applications before the two judges asking for orders prohibiting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from further prosecuting him on the two separate sets of charges pending before the judges.
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