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Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, connected Tuesday, adjourned the proceedings of erstwhile National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), to October 31, 2025, to let the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) update its database of witnesses and for continuation of trial.
Dasuki is facing prosecution by the EFCC connected an amended 32-count complaint bordering connected transgression breach of spot and wealth laundering amounting to N33.2 billion.
He is being tried alongside a erstwhile General Manager of the past Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa, and 2 companies — Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited.
Count 1 reads: “That you COL. MOHAMMED SAMBO DASUKI (RTD.) whilst being the National Security Adviser, connected oregon astir 27th November, 2014 successful Abuja, wrong the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, entrusted with dominion implicit definite properties, to wit: the sum of N10, 000, 000, 000 (Ten Billion Naira) being portion of the funds successful the relationship of National Security Adviser with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the equivalent of which sum you received from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) successful overseas currencies to wit: $47,000,000 (Forty Seven Million Dollars) and 5.6 cardinal Euros purporting aforesaid to beryllium for peculiar information service, committed transgression breach of spot successful respect of the said spot erstwhile you dishonestly released the said magnitude for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential superior predetermination and you thereby committed an offence punishable nether Section 315 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Vol. 4, LFN 2004.”
They, however, pleaded “not guilty” to the charges erstwhile they were work to them.
Testifying earlier the court, an EFCC detective, Adariku Michael, stated that the anti-graft bureau acted connected quality study successful September 2015 alleging large-scale question of funds by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) betwixt October 2014 and April 2015, adding that the lawsuit was assigned to a peculiar task unit led by ACE 1 Halimah Kazeem, and that probe activities began with a missive to the CBN.
Counsel to Baba-Kusa, Solomon Umoh, SAN, objected to Micheal’s testimony, arguing that his sanction was not included connected the EFCC’s archetypal witnesser list. Responding, counsel to the EFCC, O. Atolagbe, explained that the witnesser had earlier testified earlier the main justice and that the witnesser already tendered documents to the court.
Atolagbe further informed the tribunal that the substance earlier the tribunal has lasted for astir 10 years, prompting him to petition for an adjournment to regularise the database of witnesses the Commission has which was not objected by the defence.
After proceeding from some sides, the justice adjourned the substance to October 31, 2025, for continuation of trial.
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