The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday March 25, 2025, re-arraigned former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) before Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, for fraud.
He was arraigned alongside a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Aminu Baba Kusa, Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited.
There are being prosecuted on a 32-count charge, bordering on breach of trust and dishonesty to the tune of N33, 200,000,000 (Thirty-Three Billion, Two Hundred Million Naira)
They pleaded “not guilty” when the charges were read to them, prompting the prosecution counsel, Oluwaleke Atolagbe to ask the court for a trial date, while the defence counsel prayed the court to allow Dasuki and Kusa to continue to enjoy their existing bail.
The prosecution counsel who did not object to the prayer, however, sought assurance for the defendants’ regular presence in court throughout the trial.
Justice Agbaza adjourned the matter till July 1, 2025 for hearing.
It could be recalled that the trial was initially before Justice Hassan Baba-Yusuf of the FCT High Court but now reassigned to Justice Agbazu.
-9News Nigeria.
