The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has sought an Abuja High Court order for separate trial for former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki from seven other defendants.
Dasuki is being tried in two separate cases alongside other defendants before Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf by EFCC since 2015 on alleged misappropriation of fund made arms.
At the resumed sitting of the case, EFCC Counsel Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, expressed hindrance over the continuous absence of Dasuki, who is the first defendant in the case.
He told the Court that the trial had filed a motion dated November 4th, seeking the continuation of trial in Dasuki’s absence, adding that the prosecution was served with a counter affidavit this morning.
Responding to this, counsel for Baba-Kusa, Solomon Umoh, SAN, submitted that what the Jacobs was suggesting did not have any place in the book. He said Dasuki is central to the charge against other defendants.
