Authorities of the Federal High Court of Nigeria (FHCN) have refuted media reports that it granted bail at N250million to the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and others being tried in relation to the $2.1billion arms purchase scandal.
Emmanuel Garko, the acting chief registrar of the FHCN explained that Federal High Court of Nigeria is different from the High Court of FCT, which has their respective jurisdiction, Vanguard reports.
According to him, the Federal High Court could not have granted them bail because none of them was charged before the court.
He said: “It will be in the interest of the reporters and editors (the media) to note that these cases involving the accused persons are not all before the Federal High Court of Nigeria as reported by some national dailies, but before Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf and Justice Peter Affen of the High Court of the FCT.”
Garko noted that the the clarification became imperative in view of misrepresentation in the media that the Federal High Court granted bail to Dasuki and others.
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He urged the media to be cautious and always endeavour to cross check facts before publishing.
Dasuki is standing trial in three different courts in Abuja for alleged money laundering offences running into billions of naira. He is being tried alone on a five-count charge of money laundering involving about N84.6m and illegal possession of firearms before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
He is also being tried with an ex-director of Finance and Administration in the office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu and former director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa in a 19 count-charge bordering on criminal diversion of funds.
Dasuki and others were granted bail on two occasions on December 18 and 21 last year at N250million by Justices Hussein Baba-Yusuf and Peter Affen of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
He was rearrested shortly after being released from the Kuje Prison in Abuja.
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