Dasuki sues FG, alleges threat to his life, seeks order on DSS to vacate house
FORMER National Security Adviser (NSA)
Colonel Sambo Mohammed Dasuki (rtd)
has sued the Federal Government at a
Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking
enforcement of his fundamental human
rights to dignity and security of his life.
Dasuki is asking the court for a
mandatory order compelling the Federal
Government and its agents especially the
operatives of the Directorate of the State
Security Service (DSS) to vacate his house
located at 13, John Kadija Street, Asokoro
with immediate effect.
In the suit filed by his counsel Mr.
Ahmed Adeniyi Raji SAN, Dasuki pleaded
with the court to stop the siege laid on
his house and to remove all
impediments, human and non-human
barricade and bulwarks said to have
hindered the permission granted him
since November 3 to travel abroad for
treatment of his ailing medical
condition.
In a motion on notice filed pursuant to
section 36 (5) 37 and 41 of the 1999
constitution and sections 1(1) and (2)
and 266 of the Administration of
Criminal Justice Act 2015, the ex NSA
also sought for order of the court
extending order of November 3
permitting treatment of his ailment
abroad.
The motion on notice was premised on
five grounds including the request to
enforce the three- week permission
granted him by the court on November 3
to keep a re-rescheduled medical
appointment with his physician abroad.
He claimed that the Federal Government
acting through the operatives of the SSS
and other security agencies have
frustrated the said order by barricading
his apartment since the permission was
granted.
The ex-NSA also requested the court to
extend the order of Number 3 since it
could not be implemented due to the
action of the security agents.
Dasuki further asked the court to dispose
with his appearance in court for the
purpose of this application because of
the alleged constant threats to his life
from the security agencies.
In a 13-paragraph affidavit in support of
the motion, Dasuki claimed that
following the order of November 3
permitting him to go abroad for medical
attention, he immediately purchased his
travel ticket and boarding pass issued to
him to accomplish the trip.
He averred that shortly after, the
operatives of the SSS acting on behalf of
the Federal Government stormed and
barricaded his house at Asokoro in
brazen defiance of the court order and
prevented him from traveling out.
Dasuki asserted that the siege on his
house ought to be immediately removed
and that as a result of the aggression of
the Federal Government, his life has
been under constant threat.
No date has been fixed for hearing of the
suit.
Dansuki
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