The trial of former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) over the alleged diversion of N33.2 billion earmarked for arms procurement resumed on January 13, 2026, at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, with an EFCC investigator providing detailed evidence of suspicious transfers to private entities and overseas accounts.
Testifying as PW1, Dr. Michael Adariku, led in evidence by prosecuting counsel Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, outlined a pattern of payments from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) Zenith Bank account between April and May 2015.
These transfers allegedly funded land purchases, property acquisitions, and foreign remittances rather than legitimate security purposes.
Among the key transactions highlighted:
April 17, 2015: N600 million to Acacia Holdings Limited (account previously held only N27,094.49).
April 23, 2015: N60 million to Hidayatul Atfaaf Islamic Academy as part-payment for land bought by second defendant Aminu Baba Kusa; N25 million to Zavati Bureau De Change for another property.
April 27, 2015: N50 million to Squad Developers Nigeria Limited for land in Kwali; N8.1 million for survey and beacon processing on multiple plots.
April 28, 2015: N55.9 million to Fastman Investment Limited, used partly to facilitate $630,000 transfer to Saudi Arabia.
April 30–May 4, 2015: N150 million total to Medical Practice Limited (linked to Kusa’s wife).
May 15, 2015: N23.69 million converted to $200,000 and sent to Kusa’s UK account; additional sums exceeding N56.3 million converted to €233,944 for another UK-linked account.
Other transfers included unexplained amounts of N124 million, payments for land charges, and smaller foreign currency conversions to UK accounts allegedly connected to the defendants.
Justice C.O. Agbaza adjourned proceedings to January 14, 2026, for continuation.Dasuki, alongside Aminu Baba Kusa, Acacia Holdings Limited, and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited, faces a 32-count charge including criminal breach of trust, dishonest receipt of property, and money laundering involving the alleged misappropriation of N33.2 billion from public funds during the Jonathan administration.
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