By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA —The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will today
arraign the embattled former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo
Dasuki (retd), before an Abuja High Court on fresh charges bordering on
alleged illegal diversion of public funds.
The commission has already secured leave of court to compel Dasuki
and eight others, including a former Minister under President Goodluck
Jonathan, to enter their plea today before trial Justice Hussein Baba
Yusuf of the FCT High Court sitting at Maitama.
Others the anti-graft agency dragged before the court over their
alleged complicity in a N10 billion fraud, include the former Minister
of Finance, Bashir Yuguda and a former Director of Finance in the Office
of the NSA, Mr. Shuaibu Salisu.
Equally to be docked before the court today are former governor of
Sokoto State, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, Sagir Attahiru and a company
the EFCC insisted was used to divert huge sums of money from the office
of the NSA prior to the 2015 general elections, Dahaltu Investment
Limited.
Others are former Executive Director of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Commission, NNPC, Aminu Baba-Kusa, as well as his companies,
Acacia Holding Limited and Reliance Referal Hospital Limited
.SOURCES; LEADERSHIP NEW
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