DASUKI: Slammed by FG on sophisticated weapons importation

Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd), former national security adviser (NSA) to former president Goodluck Jonathan has been accused of importing unaccounted highly sophisticated weapons into the country. The accusation was brought up by the federal government on Wednesday, June 8 at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. According to the government, the weapons are large cache of arms and ammunition. The federal government likewise feared that the large cache of sophisticated weapons are in the custody of those people sympathetic to Dasuki’s course. In addition to the federal government’s accusation against the former national security adviser, the FG urged the court to give protection to its witnesses who will testify against Dasuki in the criminal charges of illegal possession of arms and ammunition, as well as money laundering. However, the court had initially objected to such a similar application that was filed, the government submitted a fre...