SAMBO DASUKI
After being granted bail by two Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) high courts and another Federal High Court, the
Department of State Security (DSS) has refused to allow Sambo Dasuki,
the embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA), enjoy his freedom.
An FCT High Court sitting before Justice
Peter Affem had earlier granted him bail alongside former minister of
state finance, Bashir Yuguda, former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru
Bafarawa, his son Sagir Bafarawa, and the director of finance, office of
the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu at N250 million each and two sureties in like
sum.
But having perfected the bail, according to Ahmed Raji, operatives of the DSS had refused to allow Dasuki go home on bail.
The DSS, according to reports, shortly
after perfecting the third bail granted him by Justice Peter Affem after
two other courts had done same, the DSS took a dramatic turn by
re-arresting him.
According to his lawyer, the former NSA
had met all the bail conditions given by Justice Affem but regretted
that the court order was not obeyed by the operatives of the SSS.
It would be recalled that Justice
Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court Abuja had granted the ex-NSA
bail on November 3, in the charges of unlawful possession of firearms.
In fact, his international passport was asked to be released to him, but
the bail was on November 4 scuttled by the DSS who laid siege on his
Asokoro residence and placed him under house arrest.
The DSS had premised its actions on the
fact that he was being investigated on another matter, after which he
was later arraigned before Justice Husseini Yusuf-Baba of another FCT
High Court, who eventually granted him bail.
Raji, Dasuki’s lawyer who perfected the
bail condition of his client, said the action of the security agents was
an affront to the rule of law under democracy, and appealed to the
authorities of the security agents and the Federal Government to respect
court order and allow Dasuki to enjoy the bail granted him by a law
court of the country.
No comments:
Post a Comment