Dasuki not ready for trial —Counsel

Hamilton Nwosa
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Counsel to former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, has said that his client is not ready for trial until the Federal Government complied with an order of the Federal High Court granting him bail.

He said: “We cannot be ready for trial until the defendant enjoys his constitutional rights.  We apply that we should be given time to prepare the defence.

The conduct of the prosecution has not enabled him to enjoy his constitutional rights. The worst thing is that for about seven weeks we have had no idea of his whereabouts.”

This came up when counsel to the DSS, Dipo Okpeseyi (SAN), announced to the court that the prosecution was ready for trial to commence, hardly had he finished when Daudu, counsel to Dasuki countered him by saying that the defence counsel was not ready to proceed with the trial because the Federal Government was still keeping the accused person in detention, despite an order of the court granting him bail.

In November 2015, Justice Adeniyi Ademola had granted Dasuki bail but the Department of State Services, DSS, rearrested him immediately after his release from Kuje prison.

However, Okpeseyi argued that the prosecution was not stopping Dasuki from enjoying his freedom, saying the accused person was not allegedly held for the charges before the court.

He, therefore, asked the court to reject the request for adjournment and to commence trial. But the court adjourned till March 3 for the hearing on a motion to discharge Dasuki.

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