Dasuki, Yuguda and Others Secure Bail in N13.6 Billion Arms Probe

ABUJA — Nigeria's former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki has, yesterday, secured bail from an Abuja High Court, along with the former Minister of State (Finance), Bashir Yuguda; former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa and his son, Sagir Attahiru, to the tune of N250million each, with two sureties in like sum. The trial judge, Justice Peter Affen granted the bail.

Equally granted bail on the same amount was former Director of Finance in the Office of the NSA, Mr. Shuaibu Salisu. The court stressed that one of the sureties must be a retired or serving director in the federal civil service.

It said the second surety must be an owner of a landed property within the Federal Capital Territory, which value must not be below N250million.

The surety, according to the court, must tender title deeds of the said property to the Registrar of the High Court for authentication.

Besides, Justice Affen held that lawyers to the accused persons must vouch for the character of each of the sureties, who he said must also depose to an affidavit of means before the court.

Moreso, the court yesterday ordered all the accused persons to surrender their passports, even as it warned them against travelling out of its jurisdiction without express permission.

“Pending the perfection of all the bail conditions, the accused persons are to be remanded in prison custody,” Justice Affen held.

The accused persons are answering to a 22-count criminal charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

They were alleged to have connived and diverted over N13.6billion from the office of the NSA, prior to the 2015 general elections.

A company the anti-graft agency said served as conduit pipe for the alleged illegal diversion of the funds, Dahaltu Investment Limited, was also charged before the court as the fourth accused person.

Court adjourns hearing to Feb 2, 3

Meantime, Justice Affen yesterday, slated February 2 and 3 to commence full hearing in the case against the accused persons.

Source: Vanguard Newspaper