WATCH THE VIDEO HERE The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned a former National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, and a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa, along with two others, over an alleged N33.2 billion fraud. Their arraignment took place before Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory High Court. Dasuki, Aminu Baba-Kusa, and two companies—Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited—were listed as defendants in the case filed by the federal government agency. The defendants are accused of criminal breach of trust, dishonest release, and receiving various sums of money, totaling N33.2 billion, according to a NAN report. During Tuesday’s proceedings, the court registrar read the 32-count charge against the defendants, and they all pleaded not guilty. Dasuki was first arraigned alongside the former Director of Finance and Administration, Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Shuaibu Salisu, before Justice Baba-Yusuf on December 14, 2015, on a 19-count charge. NAN reports that the prosecution had only called one witness when the case was adjourned indefinitely. In another case marked FCT/HC/CR/42/2015, Dasuki was charged as the second defendant alongside the former Minister of State for Finance, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda. The cases against the ex-NSA chief have suffered numerous adjournments. Dasuki is a retired Nigerian military officer who served as National Security Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
EFCC re-arraigns ex-NSA Dasuki, ex-NNPC GM, others over alleged N33.2 billion arms fraud
