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… Claims Dasuki has Large Sympathizers in the Country

The federal government has again applied to the federal high court in Abuja  for protection of witnesses billed to testify against the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki in the criminal charges of unlawful possession of firearm Harms and money laundering.

In a fresh motion on notice brought to the court on wednesday, the government prayed the court for an order to shield the identities of the witnesses and that the record of proceedings not to be made accessible to the public.

In the motion filed by federal government lawyer, Mr. Oladipo Opeseyi (SAN), the applicant also applied for an order to permit the witnesses to be addressed with Pseudo names in the cause of the trial of the Ex-NSA.

The trial Judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola had in February dismissed similar motion on protection of witnesses brought to the court by the Federal Government on the ground that the motion was baseless and unwarranted.

The judge said that the same government cannot aske for protection of witnesses having filed the charges and proof of evidence along with the anmes of the witnesses and put the same at the public domain for public consumption.

Justice Ademola furher said, in the ruling that the purpose of seeking for protection in the earlier motion had already being defeated by government, having published the names of the wineses and circulated same to different parties.

But in the fresh motion premised on ten grounds among which were that “Dasuki as a former NSA, a retired senior military officer and a crown prince of Sokoto Caliphate commands large followership throughout the length and breadth of Nigeria who maybe aggrieved by his trial.”

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Government also claimed that most of the witnesses are security personnel and have expressed fears of been identified by members of the public who are sympathetic to Dasuki.

The applicant also claimed in the motion that Dasuki while in office as NSA alleged imported into the country a large cache of highly sophisticated arms and ammunition for the national security purposes that have not been accounted for. Besides, government also alleged that huge ammunitions is feared to be in the possession of persons who are sympathetic to the defendant.

Government also said that the security of its witnesses will be blown up if they are made to testify publicly without any protection.

In a five paragraph affidavit deposed to by one Emmanuel Ikpebe in support of the motion, government avert that Dasuki served in the intelligence unit of the army and that a large quantity of ammunitions was found in his house when searched, In addition to various foreign currencies that the defendant could not explain the source.

The motion therefore prayed the court to hold that special circumstances have been constituted to warrant the grant of the request.

However, counsel to Dasuki, Joseph Daodu SAN, told Justice Adeniyi Ademola that he has just been served with the motion that he needed time to respond. Justice Ademola subsequently Adjourned hearing of the motion till June 23, 2016.

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