The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned former National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, and former Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) General Manager, Aminu Baba-Kusa, along with two companies, over an alleged N33.2 billion fraud.
The defendants appeared before Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, where they faced charges of criminal breach of trust, dishonest release, and receipt of public funds. The case, filed by the federal government, also lists Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited as co-defendants.
Dasuki was initially arraigned on December 14, 2015, alongside Shuaibu Salisu, former Director of Finance and Administration at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), on a 19-count charge relating to an alleged N15.5 billion fraud. The charges were later amended, and Salisu’s name was removed.
On May 11, 2018, Dasuki and others were re-arraigned on a 32-count charge involving the alleged misappropriation of N33.2 billion. The prosecution had called only one witness before the case was indefinitely adjourned.
In a separate case, Dasuki was also charged alongside former Minister of State for Finance, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, in a case marked FCT/HC/CR/42/2015. They are accused of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of N19.4 billion. This case, previously before Justice Baba-Yusuf, was later transferred to Justice Yusuf Halilu.
Dasuki, a retired military officer, served as National Security Adviser under former President Goodluck Jonathan. His legal battles have faced multiple delays and adjournments since 2015.
