A federal capital territory High Court has dismissed the application of former National Security adviser SAMBO DASUKI, to put a stop to his trial pending his release by the federal government.In his ruling, the Presiding Judge PETER AFFEN, held that DASUKI was unable to prove that he was being held by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission– the prosecutor which had been ordered to release him on bailAbuja correspondent JAMES IGAH reports that the court held that the EFCC had not disobeyed the order of court because it did not have the accused person in custody.On February 26, when the application was argued, DASUKI alleged that President MUHAMMADU BUHARI was behind his unlawful arrest and detention without trial.The former NSA, who spoke through his counsel, JOSEPH DAODU claimed that BUHARI initiated his detention despite the bail, granted him by three different courts.In an affidavit filed in support of his application, DASUKI claimed that the president betrayed his emotion during a chat with journalists in December when he told Nigerians that he and NNAMDI KANU, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, might not be released because they would jump bail.DASUKI also claimed he had been held incommunicado since his re-arrest.He, therefore, asked the judge to stop his trial until the federal government purged itself of contempt, and complied with its order granting him bail.However Counsel to the EFCC ROTIMI JACOB, asked the judge to dismiss the application because the DSS, which is holding the accused person, was not a party to the charges against him in court.
