ECOWAS Court Adjourns Judgment “Sine Die” over Dasuki

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ECOWAS Court Adjourns Judgment “Sine Die” over Dasuki

By Correspondent

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has adjourned sine die (indefinitely) judgment in the case of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), against the Federal Government in which he challenged his unlawful detention by government since December 2015 in the custody of the Department of the State Security Service (DSS).The court, presided over by Justice Friday Nwoke had on May 16 reserved judgment till today after taking final argument from Dasuki’s lawyer Mr. Robert Emukperuo and government lawyer Mr. Tijani Gazali.Dasuki had dragged the Federal Government before the ECOWAS Court praying the regional court to intervene in his detention without trial since December last year.The ex-NSA asked the court to void the detention, the seizure of his properties and to bar the government from further detaining him without a lawful court order. In the court action instituted by his counsel Mr. Robert Emukpoeruo, Dasuki asked the court to award in his favor a sum of N500 million as compensatory damages for the alleged unlawful invasion of his house, detention, seizure of properties and infringement on his rights.He claimed that government had put him on trial in three different high courts on corruption charges where he was granted bail and that after his bail, he was re-arrested on December 29, 2015 and has since been held incommunicado without lawful court order.Dasuki told the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice that the federal government has no legal or moral justification for his continued incarceration since December last year.

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