Former NSA Chief, Colonel Sambo Dasuki might be spending Christmas in Kuje prison.
Dasuki, who is being prosecuted for two sets of charges before two
judges of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has not been
able to meet up with the bail conditions granted him last Friday and on
Monday.
The Punch reports that a close source to the ex-NSA confirmed at
about 10pm yesterday, Wednesday, December 23, that Dasuki and some of
the accused persons were yet to meet the bail conditions, especially the
ones granted them on Friday.
The week has been so short that it also affected the turnout of the
situation. Wednesday being the last working day before Christmas and
Eid-el-Malud, the possibility of the former NSA and the other defendants
remaining in prison during the festivities is almost certain.
Thursday (today) is Eid-el-Malud holiday, while Friday and Monday
have been declared as Christmas and Boxing Day holiday respectively,
making it very bleak for Dasuki, Shuaibu Salisu, who is a former
director of finance and administration in the office of the NSA, Aminu
Baba-Kusa, a former director of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, to leave.
Apart from Dasuki, others in the second category are Salisu, a former
Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa; his son, Sagir Attahiru; a
firm, Dalhatu Investment and a former Minister of State for Finance,
Bashir Yuguda.
A source however the Punch, saying: “The condition, which they
(the accused persons) are finding
difficult to meet is getting a civil
servant in the director cadre, who has N250m worth of property. In fact,
the EFCC people are waiting for a civil servant who will come out to
say that he has N250m. The only problem we have is the fear by these
potential sureties that they could be arrested by EFCC operatives, like
it happened in the case of a former Governor of Adamawa State, Boni
Haruna, whose surety suddenly withdrew after being intimidated by the
EFCC,” the source said.
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