Less than one month after the demise of his father and former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, the Federal Government brought retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki, a former National Security Adviser before FCT High Court for trial in the alleged $2.1bn arm fund misappropriation but the trial was however put off to January 25, 2017 by the Court.

The adjournment followed the absence of one of the defendants in the trial, Mr. Salisu Shuaibu, a former Director of Finance and Account (DFA) in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), who was said to have taken ill and hospitalised.

The information on the sickness of the defendant was conveyed to the court by the prosecution counsel, Mr. Oluwaleke Atolagbe who informed Justice Baba Yusuf that he had been served with the medical report of the defendant confirming that he had been hospitalised. Atolagbe informed the court that the trial could not proceed in the absence of the defendant and therefore applied for a short adjournment pending the recovery of the defendant.

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