BEVERLY HILLS, December 16, (THEWILL) – The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the indictments delivered against the former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki, in a judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja which convicted and sentenced a former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, for money laundering.
A three-man panel led by Justice Stephen Adah held in a unanimous judgment delivered, on Wednesday, that the Federal High Court made damaging comments against Dasuki without giving him a fair hearing.
Justice Adah held that, Dasuki not being charged as a co-defendant in the case or given any opportunity to defend himself, the comments made against Dasuki were unwarranted.
The Court had in an earlier judgment on Wednesday set aside Metuh’s conviction on the grounds of bias shown by the trial judge Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court.
Dasuki, who served as National Security Adviser under former President Goodluck Jonathan, is however being prosecuted in a separate case of alleged fraud involving about $68m of arms and weapons expenditure. He entered a not guilty plea. He is out on bail after being held for more than three years despite multiple court orders that ordered his release on bail.
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