The Federal High
Court in Abuja on Monday, July 2, 2018 granted bail to the immediate - past
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), from the custody of the
Department of State Service where he had been detained for two and a half
years.
Delivering judgment in the suit filed by the ex-NSA in March
this year, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ruled that his detention since December 29,
2015, amounted to a violation of his right to liberty.
The judge, who rejected the ex-NSA’s prayer for N5bn damages granted
him bail in the sum of N200m with two sureties who must either be a civil
servant of a minimum of Grade Level 16 in the Federal Civil Service or private
citizens who have landed properties in the municipal areas of Abuja.
She ruled that the Federal Government’s contention that Dasuki
was being kept in custody on the grounds of his alleged threat to national
security and his alleged ongoing investigation for money laundering did not
warrant “abrogating his right”.
In granting him bail, the judge said should there be any further
reason to interrogate him, DSS could only invite and interview him between the
hours of
9am and 6pm on working days.
It is worthy of note that this
judgment is coming about 21 months after the Economic Community of West African
States Court of Justice on October 4, 2016, had ordered his release from
illegal custody, a directive which was disregarded by the DSS.
Credit: The Punch NG
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