FORMER national security adviser Retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki has been granted permission by a federal high Court in Abuja to travel abroad for a medical check-up pending the commencement of his trial.
Arrested by the by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in August, Col Dasuki is facing five charges including the illegal possession of firearms and money laundering. On September 1, he was granted bail on self-recognition after he deposited his international passport with the court.
Claiming he needs to seek medical attention abroad, however, Col Dasuki urged trial judge, Justice Ademola Adeniyi to order the release of the travel documents he surrendered to the deputy chief registrar of the high court. Delivering ruling on the application filed by Col Dasuki, Justice Adeniyi granted Col Dasuki a period of three weeks to take care of his health.
Justice Adeniyi ordered the court registrar to release the travel documents of the former national security adviser upon the perfection of the terms attached to an order to that effect. When Justice Adeniyi had granted Col Dasuki bail, the conditions included him providing a surety, who will write an undertaking to produce the accused person at the next adjourned date.
Yesterday, Justice Adeniyi said that the surety should be ready to take the position of the accused in case Col Dasuki refuses to appear to answer charges proffered against him. In the alternative Justice Adeniyi ordered any of the senior counsel to the accused person to sign an undertaking to take his place, before the international passport of the accused is released.
Trial has been adjourned until November 26 and 27 this year. Col Dasuki is being accused of being the mastermind behind a series of illegal withdrawals in which his office was used to gain access to government funds.
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