The absence of former National
Security Adviser(NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), in court yesterday stalled
his trial in the N6billion corruption charges brought against him by the
government.
This was even as the witnesses in the case were brought by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in court.
Consequently, the trial was scuttled following the failure of
the Department of State Security Services (DSS) to release Dasuki to EFCC for
onward movement to Abuja High Court.
When the trial resumed yesterday, counsel to EFCC, Mr
Oluwaleke Atolagbe, informed Justice Baba Yusuf that he had made serious
efforts, through the EFCC, to contact DSS to produce the first defendant
(Dasuki) in court and regretted that, as at the time the court was sitting, his
efforts did not yield fruitful result.
The counsel informed the court that there was no indication
that the former NSA would be brought to court for the trial even though the
witnesses were in court, and also Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), who was supposed to
be the lead prosecution counsel was at the Court of Appeal for a different
matter.
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