The federal high court in Abuja
has served a warrant of release of Sambo Dasuki on the director-general of the
Department of State Services (DSS) and the attorney-general of the federation
and minister of justice.
A federal high court had on July
2 granted Dasuki conditional bails which he perfected full today.
According to PRNigeria, a court
bailiff accompanied by the two sureties who stood for Dasuki officially served
the DSS chief and minister of justice with the warrant of release around 1pm
Tuesday.
Although the sureties had
anticipated that the detained ex-NSA would be handed over to them, sources,
however, said that the SSS boss may need to contact the presidency before
finally handing over Dasuki to the sureties in compliance with the judgement of
the federal high court.
The warrant of release dated July
16, 2018 with a title ‘Verification of Bail Conditions’ and signed by Mba Nkem
A. Omotosho, deputy chief registrar was served on the DSS headquarters and the
office of minister of justice in Abuja.
The warrant of release read in
part: “Pursuant to the judgement Order made on Monday the 2nd day of July 2018
granted by his lordship, Hon Justice Ijeoma L. Ojukwu, directing various
conditions to be fulfilled prior to the Release on Bail of the Applicant (Col.
Sambo Dasuki Rtd).
“I have scrupulously verified the
entire conditions of bail as ordered by his lordship and the three ambits are
fulfilled,” he said.
“Hence, the respondents, the
Director-General, State Security Services, and Attorney General of the
Federation are hereby notified as directed by his lordship for the subsequent
compliance of same.
“Attached herewith is the
enrolled Order of the Court and all the necessary bail documents for your
perusal and aggrandizement.”
Before the latest judgment by
Ijeoma Ojukwu, the judge, on his fundamental human rights, Dasuki had
previously perfected bails granted him by four different judges of high courts
including Ademola Adeniyi and Ahmed Mohammed of the Abuja federal high court
and Hussein Baba-Yusuf and Peter Affen of the FCT High Courts.
The ECOWAS court of justice also
ordered his immediate release from detention.
At the time of this report,
friends, associates and well-wishers of the former national security adviser
have stormed his residence eagerly awaiting his final release from detention by
the federal government.
Dasuki is being prosecuted by the
federal government for alleged corruption and possession of arms.
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