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By:Abdullahi Inuwa
The trial of former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), over an alleged ₦33.2 billion fraud was on Tuesday adjourned by Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, to October 31, 2025.
The adjournment followed a request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to regularise its list of witnesses in the long-running case.
Dasuki, a one-time powerful NSA under former President Goodluck Jonathan, is facing a 32-count amended charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and money laundering. He is being tried alongside a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa, and two companies — Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited.
According to one of the charges, Dasuki, while serving as NSA in November 2014, allegedly misappropriated ₦10 billion from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), purportedly for “special security services.” The EFCC claims the funds were instead diverted for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election.
During Tuesday’s proceedings, EFCC detective Adariku Michael testified that the agency began investigating the matter in September 2015 following intelligence reports of massive fund movements by the ONSA between October 2014 and April 2015. He said a special task force led by ACE I Halimah Kazeem had initiated inquiries starting with a letter to the CBN.
However, Solomon Umoh (SAN), counsel to co-defendant Aminu Baba-Kusa, objected to Michael’s testimony, arguing that his name was not listed among the EFCC’s original witnesses.
Responding, EFCC’s counsel, O. Atolagbe, clarified that the witness had previously testified before the Chief Judge and already tendered documents before the court. He noted that the case had dragged on for nearly a decade, urging the court to grant a brief adjournment to allow the Commission to update its witness list.
Justice Agbaza granted the request, adjourning the matter to October 31, 2025, for continuation of trial.
The case, one of the most high-profile corruption trials from the J
onathan administration era, has seen multiple adjournments since it began, with Dasuki consistently denying all charges.
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