Ex-NSA asks court to stop EFCC from prosecuting him

Dimeji Akinloye 18:23 - 03 February 2016

Sambo Dasuki (right) and one of his counsels.

He said the EFCC had no legal standing to prosecute him and his co-accusers after it disobeyed the court order which granted him bail on December 21, 2015

The embattled former National Security Adviser, Col.

In a fresh application dated January 11, 2016, and filed through his lawyer, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN), the ex-NSA urged the court to bar the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from prosecuting him.

He said the EFCC had no legal standing to prosecute him and his co-accusers after it disobeyed the court order which granted him bail on December 21, 2015.

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The application was filed before Justice Peter Affen, over the 22 counts of fraud filed against him and others including a former Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu, and a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda.