ABUJA -The Solicitor-General of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Taiwo Abidogun, yesterday, told the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court that the new Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, is yet to assume office.
Consequently, the SGF, yesterday, persuaded Justice Ademola Adeniyi to extend the summon he issued for the AGF to appear in court to explain why the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), has remained under house arrest despite a valid court order, till next week Monday.
Consequently, the SGF, yesterday, persuaded Justice Ademola Adeniyi to extend the summon he issued for the AGF to appear in court to explain why the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), has remained under house arrest despite a valid court order, till next week Monday.
Former national security adviser of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki (R), speaks with his lawyer Ahmed Raji, during his trial at the federal high court in Abuja, on September 1, 2015. Nigerian prosecutors on September 1, 2015 slapped a charge of unlawful possession of arms against Dasuki. Dasuki was arraigned on a “one-count charge of being in possession of firearms without licence,” Prosecutor Mohammed Diri told the federal high court in Abuja. AFP PHOTO
Malami, SAN, was among the 36 Ministers that were inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari last week Wednesday.
Justice Adeniyi had in a ruling on Friday, held that he must appear in court to explain why an order the court made on November 3, which permitted Dasuki to travel abroad for medical treatment, was violated at the behest of the federal government.
The court summon followed complaint by Dasuki’s lawyers, led by Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, that armed operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, had since November 4, barred their client from stepping out of his house.
Daudu told the court that the operatives have continued to lay siege at Dasuki’s residence at No 13 John Kadiya Street, Asokoro District, Abuja, a development he said made it impossible for him to travel to the United Kingdom to take care of his budding cancer.
Daudu told the court that the operatives have continued to lay siege at Dasuki’s residence at No 13 John Kadiya Street, Asokoro District, Abuja, a development he said made it impossible for him to travel to the United Kingdom to take care of his budding cancer.
A senior government lawyer that appeared before the court at the last adjourned date, Mr. Shuaibu Labaran, had maintained that the former NSA , who is facing a five-count criminal charge, is also being investigated over his alleged complicity in a fresh money laundering scandal.
Dissatisfied with the reason behind the siege on Dasuki’s home, Justice Adeniyi, while accusing the DSS of acting in total disrespect to a valid court order, ordered the AGF to appear before him.
Dissatisfied with the reason behind the siege on Dasuki’s home, Justice Adeniyi, while accusing the DSS of acting in total disrespect to a valid court order, ordered the AGF to appear before him.
