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Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd)

Ex -NSA Dasuki demands N5bn from FG for illegal detention

Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd)

Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), has gone to court to demand payment of N5bn as “general damages and compensation” from the Department of State Service, DSS, for alleged violation of his fundamental human rights as enshrined under Sections 34(1), 35(1), (4) & (5), 37 & 41(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).”

In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/263/2018 and filed on March 15, 2018, the former NSA is also asking the court to order his unconditional release from the custody of DSS.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed has been assigned to hear the case, although no date has been fixed yet for hearing.

It will be recalled that, on October 4, 2016, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Court of Justice ordered the release of Dasuki from the custody of DSS, but the Federal Government has failed to obey the order.

In the judgement by the ECOWAS court, the Federal Government was also ordered to pay N15m damages to Dasuki as it noted that the continued detention of the former NSA was unlawful and a violation of his right.

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