Court sets date for Dasuki bail ‘enforcement’ ruling

An Abuja High Court will on Monday rule on
whether to discharge a former National
Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, from the
criminal charges brought against him by the
Federal Government.
Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf fixed the date after
counsel to Mr. Dasuki, Joseph Daudu, and
counsel to Federal Government, Rotimi Jacobs,
addressed the court on a motion praying for
the release of Mr. Dasuki.
Mr. Dasuki’s counsel urged the court to
prohibit the Federal Government from further
prosecuting him or further seeking any
indulgence from the court until the bail
granted Mr. Dasuki is enforced.
Mr. Daudu argued that the Federal
Government cannot lawfully prosecute Dasuki
having been in contempt of the court.
He premised his arguments on the fact that
Justice Yusuf had on December 18 last year
granted Dasuki bail and that after perfecting
the bail conditions, he was allegedly
rearrested on the order of the Federal
Government and was taken to the custody of
the Department of the State Security Service
(DSS).
He said that since Mr. Dasuki was rearrested
on December 29, when the bail conditions had
been perfected, he had since been kept away
from his lawyers and family members.
The counsel therefore urged the court to
compel the Federal Government to obey the
bail conditions granted Mr. Dasuki and allow
him to enjoy the liberty of freedom in line
with the law that presumed him innocent until
contrary was proved.