Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Federal Government to produce the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (retd), in court on February 16.
The judge made the order with respect to the charges of money laundering and illegal possession of firearms preferred against Dasuki by the Federal Government.
The four counts preferred against the former NSA before Justice Ademola are unrelated to the two separate sets of charges bordering on alleged diversion of arms funds pending against Dasuki and others before two judges of the Federal Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja.
On Wednesday, Justice Ademola made the order for the production of the accused person in court after both the prosecution and the defence lawyers withdrew various interlocutory applications they had earlier filed.
The judge adjourned the matter till February 16 for commencement of trial, restating his order that the accused must be produced in court.
He also said that he would deliver his pending ruling on the prosecution’s application for witness protection before proceeding to trial on February 16.
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