Dasuki Sues Federal Government To Ecowas Court.

 

Dasuki  Sambo

As the bond of the arm deal is still much on the Security Official to Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, He has pleaded the ECOWAS court to vindicates him from the hand of his enemies. 
Dasuki said, he is been punish by his enemies not because of arm deal, according to him.He has presented before the Ecowas a compensation of N500Million and the recovery of all his Seized  properties.

In the court action filed by Dasuki’s counsel, Robert Emukpoeruo, Dasuki told the court to award in his favour a sum of N500 million as compensatory damages for the alleged illegal intrusion of his house, detention, seizure of properties and infringement on his fundamental human rights.

 He noted that government had put him on trial on three different high courts on corruption charges, where he was granted bail and after his bail, he was re-arrested on December 29, 2015 and has since been held inaccessible without lawful court order.

 Dasuki who argued through his lawyer, while making his final address predicated his stance on Sections 293-296 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act ACJA 2015 which outlines the procedure for keeping a suspect in detention for not more than two weeks, saying: “To accentuate the illegality of the arrest and detention of the applicant, the ACJA 2015, S.293 to 296 thereof, set out the procedure for the detention of any person pending trial or investigation.

 And in summary, that procedure requires judicial intervention by a magistrate for it to be carried out and the maximum detention time-frame is two weeks.” In addition, he said: “The critical issue that needs to be resolved is whether there is any legal justification for the detention of the applicant by the defendant”, he said, adding that the only justification in the amended statement of defence adduced by the defendant for detaining the applicant is the recourse to national security.

 “They have not adduced before this court any judicial procedure that they have relied on in incarcerating the applicant. They have equally not relayed to the court any domestic legislation whatsoever to justify the detention of the applicant. “My lord I submit that this is a classic case of arbitrary and illegal arrest.” About six days ago, Dasuki himself said, he is being punished by some people at the highest level of power in Nigeria for perceived grievances held against him while in active army service many years ago.