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Court postpones former NSA’s case to February 4

Dasuki’s lawyers had urged the court to stop proceedings in the case but the application was opposed by counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rotimi Jacobs.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed the trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki to February 4, 2016.

Dasuki’s lawyers had urged the court to stop proceedings in the case but the application was opposed by counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rotimi Jacobs, Premium Times reports.

The former NSA’s lead lawyer, Joseph Daudu however said that the details in the application need to be strongly evaluated, as it contained an abuse of the rules of court.

The case was subsequently postponed by the judge who ruled that the matter could not be heard yet.

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“Having heard all parties, I can say with all sense of notice that the matter cannot be heard today,” he said.

Dasuki is at the center of a massive money laundering investigation and is alleged to have supervised the looting of the $2.1 billion in funds which were meant for the procurement of arms for Nigeria's military.

He was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) on December 1, 2015 and handed over to the EFCC the day after.

The former NSA is reported to have implicated several prominent persons in the deal including former governors, ex-ministers and members of the PDP.

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Dasuki’s lawyer however denied the report that his client had become an informant while the former NSA said that ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan was aware of the transactions he had made.

Jonathan has however denied authorizing the release of the stated funds despite the former NSA’s claim that he got the necessary presidential approval for the transactions.

Dasuki was released on bail from Kuje Prison in December 2015 but was soon re-arrested by the DSS.

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