By Our Reporter
November 03, 2015 – National Security Adviser (NSA) to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) this morning got approval to travel abroad for his pending medical treatment.
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja granted his application for speedy and urgent medical treatment abroad. Ruling on the matter, presiding judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola dismissed the counter argument by the prosecuting counsel, opposing Dasuki’s request for medical check-up outside the country.
Justice Ademoia held that in criminal trial, an accused person is assumed innocent until proven guilty and that a citizen’s health is very paramount in any trial case and before the law.
He therefore ordered for the release of the applicant’s international passports to enable “him to attend three-weeks medical treatment with a caveat that “when the defendant returns he must submit his passport within the 72 hours to the court registrar”.
Dasuki was charged on Monday, August 24, 2015 on a one count charge of illegal possession of firearms but was immediately granted bail on self-recognition with Justice Ademola ordering the DSS to submit his seized passport to the court registrar.
But on the day of the hearing, the prosecutors brought additional charges bordering on possession of local and foreign currencies against him and also sought for secret trial of the case.
