Dasuki demands N15bn, public apology from FG

– Dasuki claims that his personal rights have been violated by the federal government 

– Demands N15 billion as damages and compensation 

– Wants all defendants in the matter to tender public apology to him over his unjust incarceration

Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Mohammed Sambo (rtd) is making demands from the federal government over unjust detention by the Department of State Security (DSS). 

Dasuki who has been in DSS detention since December, 2015, dragged the federal government before an Abuja high court, praying the court to immediately order his release from detention. According to Daily Post, the embattled ex-NSA’s lead counsels, Joseph Daudu and Ahmed Raji, both senior advocates of Nigeria, presented the case with the suit marked FCT/HC/ABJ/CV/2005/2016, pursuant to Order 11, Rule 1, 2 and 3 of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rule 2009. 

The retired army Colonel claimed that his fundamental right to freedom of liberty and dignity to life has been grossly violated by the federal government with his detention, and asked for N15bn as damages and compensation for his illegal detention and incarceration which he claimed violates his rights as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution. 

Dasuki also demanded a public unreserved apology to him by the defendants jointly, which he said must be published in two national dailies for the violation of his rights. The Department of State Security Service (DSS), National Security Adviser (NSA), Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are the defendants in the recently filed case by ex-NSA. 

He also stated that his family became very apprehensive when President Muhammadu Buhari in his maiden presidential media chat of December 30, 2015 said he (Dasuki) will not be released because of the weight of charges against him and that he may likely jump bail. 

Recall that the EFCC also grilled Shalewa Obanikoro, the daughter of Musiliu Obanikoro, a former minister of state for defence, in connection to a transaction of N800m she allegedly made to her brothers’ account. According to Sahara Reporters’s source in the anti-graft agency, Shalewa was interrogated for several hours alongside her mother, Moroophat.

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