FG asks court to cancel Dasuki’s bail

The federal government has filed a fresh application, which takes precedence over an earlier application, seeking the revocation of bail granted Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA) on September 1.

In its fresh application on Thursday, the federal government through its counsel, Oladipo Ogbeseyi, asked Adeniyi Ademola, justice of the federal high court, Abuja, to stay proceedings on the ruling he delivered on November 3.

“The new application” Ogbeseyi said, “takes precedence over the earlier application.”

On November 3, the court had granted Dasuki permission to travel abroad for medical treatment, ordering an immediate release of his passport.

The government is now asking the court to suspend that order.

In his brief, Ahmed Raji, Dasuki’s lawyer, countered the new application, arguing that the previous application was yet to be determined. He asked the court for a short adjournment to respond to the fresh application.

Afterwards, the court fixed December 8 for hearing of the application.

The former NSA was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday after a three-week siege on his Abuja residence.

On Wednesday, he was handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for interrogation over allegations of fraud.

Dasuki was indicted by a presidential panel probing the procurement of arms in the armed forces from 2007 to 2015.

He was accused of using his office to award fictitious arms contracts to the tune of N300bn, but he has denied the allegations, stating that former President Goodluck Jonathan approved all the contracts he awarded.