Col Sambo is facing corruption charges over his role in the $2.1bn scandal in which money meant to purchase arms to prosecute the war against Boko Haram was diverted into private pockets. Since November 4 last year, Col Dasuki has been held in detention and despite being granted bail by a high court, security officials have refused to release him.
He subsequently took his case to the Ecowas Court and earlier this month on October 4, secured a favourable ruling, with judges ordering his immediate release and instructing the Nigerian government to pay him N15m in damages for unlawful detention. One presidential aide said President Buhari had already given instructions to the relevant organs handling Col Dasuki’s corruption case to take steps to recover the huge cash allegedly mismanaged by him and set him free.
He added: “I can tell you that the president is not comfortable with the continued detention of Dasuki despite the offences he allegedly committed against Nigeria and its people. The only condition Mr President has asked Dasuki to fulfil is to refund the huge sum of public funds which were allegedly diverted under his watch as the NSA.
"I want to tell you that we have the approval of Mr President to release him from detention as soon as he brings the money. I can tell you that it was Mr President, who even asked us the other day why the former NSA was still being kept in detention and we told him that the three cases he had in court were responsible for the incarceration."
According to the aide, President Buhari told them to take necessary steps to recover the money Col Dasuki is said to have mismanaged and allow him to return to his house. Last week, the federal government moved to consolidate all the charges against Col Dasuki, a move hailed by legal luminaries as a means of quickening the prolonged trial.
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