The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed Jan. 9, to entertain a motion filed by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki for the suspension of his trial over alleged illegal arms possession. He is standing trial on alleged illegal possession of firearms.
Trial judge, Justice Mohammed fixed the date after former adviser’s Counsel, Mr. Adeola Adedipe announced the pending application on behalf of his client on Tuesday
Mr. Dasuki had questioned the propriety of the prosecution led by Mr. Oladipo Okpeseyi, (SAN) to try him when the Federal Government was in clear contempt of court order.
He alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari had in his maiden media chart pre-empted the decision of the court on his trial and claimed that the president had said that the allegations brought against him were weighty and such that he could jump bail.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu had on July 2, admitted Sambo Dasuki to bail in the sum of N200 million and declared that his continued detention by the DSS since 2015 as quote “illegal aberration in law’’.