Former National Security Adviser, Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has berated the Federal Government over his continued detention, and disobedience to various court orders that admitted him to bail and outright release from unlawful detention since 2015.
\nDasuki in a strongly worded letter he personally signed and addressed to the Registrar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, vowed to boycott any proceeding for his trial since the federal government has proved beyond reasonable doubt that it would not obey any order of the court in his favour.
\nDasuki had previously perfected bails granted him by five different judges of high courts including Justices Ademola Adeniyi, Ahmed Mohammed and Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Abuja Federal High Court, and Justices Hussein Baba-Yusuf and Peter Affen of the FCT High Courts but which were not obeyed by government.
\nThe ECOWAS Court of Justice also ordered his immediate release from detention but this also was not honoured by government.
\nIn the letter, Dasuki said: \u201cPrevailing circumstances have prompted me to write this letter to the court, the hope of every Nigerian citizen.
\n\u201cUnfortunately, it seems to me that the current administration has so much interference with the judicial system, such that it has become practically impossible for the Court to maintain her independence, the administration of justice. My plight is of common Knowledge.\u201d
\nRecalling how Buhari\u2019s government refused to obey several court orders, Dasuki said he had to approach another court for the enforcement of his fundamental human right.
\nDasuki said: \u201cAfter the Federal Government failed to comply with all the bail orders and judgment of the ECOWAS court, I further approached the Federal High Court for the enforcement of my fundamental human right.
\n\u201cIn a judgment delivered by Hon. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on July 2, 2018, the court found that my right had been breached and accordingly ordered my release from detention. The conditions whereof the court admitted me to bail have been met, but I have still not been released from custody.
\n\u201cI am very much apprehensive about the President\u2019s (Buhari) statement, in that my rights will continually be violated and that no order for my release will be honoured by the Federal Government of Nigeria or any of its agencies.
\n\u201cIn reaction to the judgment of the court enforcing my fundamental human right, an embarrassing statement was credited to Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN, the current Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice on 13 July 2018 after the bail conditions have been met, including the deposit of N100m with the Registrar of the Federal High Court, stated that irrespective of the judgment directing the said release, the Federal Government would not comply.
\n\u201cAt this juncture, it will seem that the Nigerian Government is not inclined to yield or obey the orders of any Court of Law; whether domestic or international.
\n\u201cIronically, the Federal Government still wants to ride on judicial wings to prosecute me, when it does not comply with orders that proceed from the Court, especially in relation to me
\n\u201cAt this point, I strongly believe that there must be an end to this hypocrisy and lopsided\/ partisan rule of law.
\n\u201cSince the Federal Government has resolved not to comply with judicial orders directing my release, it is better for the Court to also absolve me of the need to submit myself for further prosecution.
\n\u201cJustice should be evenly dispensed, as opposed to same, being in favour of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
\nAt the resumed trial Tuesday before Justice Ahmed Rahmat Mohammed, counsel to Federal Government Chief Dipo Okpeseyi (SAN) told the court that Dasuki had deliberately refused to come to court because of his anger on certain steps taking by the government against him.
\nIn his own reaction, Justice Muhammad directed the prosecution to always depose to affidavit evidence whenever the former NSA declines to come to court.
\nThe Judge who said he had not received Dasuki\u2019s letter however adjourned further trial till November 19, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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