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Nigeria: Court Grants Dasuki Bail
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Nigeria: Court Grants Dasuki Bail

Embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki has been granted bail by an Abuja Federal High Court. In her ruling, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu stated that it was illegal for the defendant to have been held without trial as this violated his fundamental human right. He was therefore granted bail on the following conditions: * His international passport is to remain with the court. * The defendant is to offer a bail bond of N200 million. * He is to provide two other sureties who will stand for the same amount. * Sureties must own landed properties in Abuja, original titles to which must be deposited with the court. * Sureties must be public servants of no less than Grade Level 16 and must provide evidence of last promotion. * If however the sureties are not public servants, t...
Nigeria: Dasuki Sues DSS, Others for Illegal Detention
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Nigeria: Dasuki Sues DSS, Others for Illegal Detention

Seeks N5bn compensation The detained former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), has filed a fresh fundamental human rights enforcement suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja demanding his unconditional release from the custody of the Department of State Services. Dasuki, who has been detained by the DSS since December 29, 2015, also demanded N5bn as “general damages and compensation” for the alleged violation of his rights. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/263/2018 and filed on March 15, 2018, the ex-NSA also urged the court to order the three respondents to the suit to tender public apology to him in two widely published newspapers for the violation of his rights as enshrined under sections 34(1), 35(1), (4) & (5), 37 & 41(1) of the Constitution of ...