Dasuki loses bail bid at Appeal Court
The Court of Appeal Division in Abuja yesterday dismissed the appeal
of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col Muhammad Sambo Dasuki
(rtd), seeking order of the appellate court to compel the Federal
Government to allow him to enjoy the bail granted him by an Abuja High
Court.
The appellate court in its judgment delivered by Justice Abdul Aboki,
yesterday held that the appeal lacked merit and substance and
consequently dismissed it.
In the unanimous judgment of the full panel of the court, it upheld the
submission of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
which put Dasuki on trial, that it was not in contempt of any court
order because the re-arrest of the appellant (Dasuki) in December last
year was not at its instance.
Justice Aboki said that from the submissions of the appellant counsel,
Mr Joseph Daudu (SAN) and the EFCC counsel, Mr Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), the
bail conditions granted Dasuki were met on December 29, last year and
that a warrant of release to that effect was served on the Comptroller
of Prisons in Kuje, upon which he was released.
On his re-arrest by the operatives of the Department of State Security
(DSS), the Appeal Court agreed with the Abuja High Court that the
re-arrest cannot be turned to a disobedience to its order on bail
because the court bail was not targeted at the DSS when it was granted.
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