Please release Sambo Dasuki - Family begs FG 2 years after his detention
- Sambo Dasuki has been in detention since December 2015 when he was arrested over corruption allegation
- The family members of the former National Security Adviser (NSA) is appealing for his release urging the federal government to respect the rule of law
- The family members claim Dasuki had been granted bail by the courts but that the federal government was yet to implement the ruling
The Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki Progressive Association in Sokoto state is appealing to the federal government to release the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col Sambo Dasuki (retd) on bail in compliance with court rulings.
The family asked the government to respect the rule of law in handing the issues relating to Dasuki.
In a statement issued on Friday, December 29, by its secretary-general, Kabiru Auwal, and published by The Nation, the association said the judiciary should be encouraged to exercise its powers without undue interference by the executive arm.
It reminded President Muhammadu Buhari of once saying: "As far as the constitution allows me, I will try to ensure that there is responsible and accountable governance at all levels of government in the country. For I will not have kept my own trust with the Nigerian people, if I allow others abuse theirs under my watch.”
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Noting that no nation develops in the absence of rule of law, the group added: “FG’s sheer disregard for the rule of law in the last two years, especially as it affects Sambo Dasuki’s incarceration has become worrisome to the Dasuki family.
“No nation develops in the absence of rule of law, in which case her extant laws and judicial structures are respected and devoid of sentimentality and grudging impunity.
“Dasuki should be allowed to enjoy his bails except if the intention of government is to kill him in detention.”
According to the association, Dasuki had sacrificed his life and meritoriously served the nation in various capacities before his appointment as the NSA by the previous administration.
“It is public knowledge that Dasuki had served the administrations of Gen Muhammadu Buhari and Gen Ibrahim Babangida but was against dictatorial regime of the late Gen Sani Abacha, before he sought asylum outside the country where he teamed up with other Nigerians in the Diaspora to campaign against that military dictatorship and entrenchment of democracy.
“We and other right-thinking members of his family have deliberately remained silence on his ordeals and persecution, hoping in a democratic government, rule of law would be adhered to.
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“But surprisingly in over two years that Sambo Dasuki has been unlawfully and illegal detained without any court order or warrant, he has been subjected to media trial, scandalized, criminalized, insulted and humiliated not through any court of justice but from the propaganda of the current administration through media trials of falsehood,” the association said.
Legit.ng earlier reported how the Citizens Initiatives for Security Awareness (CISA) demanded for the release of Sambo Dasuki after two years in detention.
While briefing the press in Abuja, Ewache Ajefu, the director of mobilization said: “We the members of CISA have noted with grave concern, the continuous illegal detention of the former national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki (Rtd).
"As a matter of fact, Friday, December 29, will make it exactly two years that he was re-arrested and detained on the orders of the Federal Government and has remained in incarceration since then.”
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