Detention: Appeal Court Orders Release Of Dasuki - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 15, 2019
The Court of Appeal has declared thecontinued detention of former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki by theDepartment of State Services, DSS as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional,therefore ordered his release on conditional bail.
The Appellate Court held that theDSS and its Director-General acted outside their constitutional powers on thelong period of the detention of the Nigerian and imposed a fine of five millionnaira on them to be paid to Dasuki as compensation for the breach of hisfundamental right.
In the unanimous judgment of athree-man panel led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson, the Court held thatthe fundamental right of Dasuki had been breached by the prolonged detentionwithout trial over any fresh charge or investigation contrary to the provisionsof the 1999 Constitution.
In the lead judgment of JusticeAkomolafe-Wilson, Dasuki who has been in detention since December 29, 2015, wassubsequently admitted to bail with one hundred million naira and two suretiesin the like sum.
The Appeal Court ordered that theDSS and its Director-General should not detain Dasuki again and that wheneverhe is required on any allegation, it must be conducted within the working days.