A major twist has crept into the prosecution of the alleged $ 2.1 b
arms fund diversion charges as former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, his son Sagir Attahiru and their family company, Dalhatu Investment Ltd have applied for a separate trial from former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki.
Justice Hussein Baba - Yusuf of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has granted fresh bail to former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) who is re-arraigned before the court on the alleged
arms fund diversion.
EFCC, Dasuki Oppose Application A major twist has crept into the prosecution of the alleged $ 2.1 b
arms fund diversion charges as former Sokoto State...
Not exact matches
Metuh has been held by the EFCC since January 5, 2016, where he is being questioned following his complicity in the
diversion and sharing of the $ 2.1 bn
arms funds by a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
Dasuki whose trial was up for hearing before the court since Wednesday is being prosecuted on19 counts of
diversion of N32bn
arms fund, along with a former Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu and a former Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Aminu Baba - Kusa.
Dasuki is equally facing another trial before the court on 19 counts of
diversion of N32bn
arms fund, along with a former Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu and a former Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Aminu Baba - Kusa.
The trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki in the alleged
diversion of $ 2.1 b
arms funds is facing a fresh delay as...
However, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, told the court that «Bafarawa, his son and their family company, Dalhatu Investment Limited, were properly joined with Dasuki, Bashiru Yuguda and Shuaibu Salisu for their joint roles in the
diversion of $ 2.1 billion
arms funds»
The governor stated that the anti-corruption commission had shifted attention to the finances of Ekiti State after what he claimed to be the failure of the commission to link him with the
diversion of
arms funds at the NSA's office under Dasuki.
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 dismissed the «no - case» submission brought by the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial on a 7 - count charge bordering on illegal
diversion of
funds meant for the procurement of
arms preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
For the second time in two consecutive days, the Department of State Service failed to produce the immediate - past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, for the continuation of his trial on charges of alleged
diversion of
funds meant for procurement of
arms.
The case scheduled to come up before the court on Wednesday was one the two relating to
diversion of
arms funds instituted against Dasuki and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
1billion
arms money that was allegedly diverted because so far no document has implicated the former President of complicity or authorizing
diversion of the
funds.