ECOWAS court orders FG to pay N15m to former NSA, Sambo Dasuki, for unlawfully arresting him
The Court of the Economic Community of
West African States, ECOWAS, has ruled against the arrest and continued
detention of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, describing it as
unlawful and arbitrary.
Delivering judgement today in a suit filed by Dasuki, the court
ruled that the further arrest of Dasuki by security agents on November 4th last
year after he was granted bail by a court of law, amounts to a mockery of
democracy and the rule of law.
Dasuki who is currently being tried for allegedly
squandering $2.1 billion arms deal fund during the last administration, had
dragged the Federal government before the court to seek redress over his arrest
and continued detention despite meeting his bail conditions. The court in its
ruling today, ordered the Federal government to pay N15 million to Dasuki as
damages
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