Peter Affen, a justice of the federal capital territory (FCT) high court, has dismissed the application of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), to stop his trial pending his release by the federal government.
Affen held that Dasuki was unable to prove that he was being held by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the prosecutor – after an order granting him bail.
He said the EFCC had not disobeyed the order of court because it did not have the accused person in custody. On February 26, when the application was argued, Dasuki alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was behind his unlawful arrest and detention without trial.
The former NSA, who spoke through his counsel, Joseph Daodu (SAN), claimed that Buhari initiated his detention despite the bail granted him by three different courts.
In an affidavit filed in support of his application, Dasuki claimed that the president betrayed his emotion during a chat with journalists in December when he told Nigerians that he and Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), might not be released because they would jump bail.
