A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), bail but asked that he should deposit his passport and other relevant document with its registrar.
Dasuki was charged to court today by the Department of State Security (DSS) on a one-count charge of illegal possession of firearms to which he pleaded not guilty.
His counsel, Joseph Daudu, had made an application for bail on self-recognition on the basis that the former NSA has served the country in a sensitive position, adding that he will abscond if granted bail, since his travel documents are with the DSS.
However, the trial judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola admitted Dasuki to bail pending the determination of the suit and ordered that his passport and any other document in the possession of any government agency be deposited with the Deputy Chief Registrar of the court.
The case has been adjourned to October 26. [myad]
