Dasuki queries order allowing FG to shield witnesses’ identities, asks court to stop trial

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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA – Detained former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd, on Tuesday, asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to suspend further hearing on the money laundering and illegal arms possession charge the Federal Government preferred against him.

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

Dasuki urged trial Justice Ahmed Mohammed to hands-off the case to await the outcome of an appeal he filed to challenge a ruling…



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