In the suit filed by his lawyer, Robert Emukpoeruo, Dasuki asked the court to declare his continued detention as “unlawful, arbitrary and an egregious violation” of his human rights. Dasuki in the suit also asked the court to declare that the alleged invasion of his Abuja and Sokoto residences on July 16 and 17, 2015 and the “forceful and unlawful seizure” of his properties, “without any lawful order or warrant” constituted a gross violation of his fundamental rights and offended the country’s treaty obligations as a signatory to the listed legal instruments.
No date has been set for hearing of the suit. In a related development, Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja yesterday ordered the Federal government to produce him in court on February 16th. Dasuki's lawyer, Joseph Daudu (SAN), told the court that his client was abducted by security agents six weeks ago to an unknown destination. He told Justice Ademola that since the ex-NSA was whisked away, all efforts by his family and his lawyers to access him had been scuttled. Justice Ademola said:
“I am worried that the accused is not here. I do
not want to set a bad precedent. Except the court gives express order for the
defendant not to be in court, the accused must be brought to court from
wherever he is. The accused must be here because I am not sure if what I am
doing right now in the absence of the accused is not an illegality. Government
and whoever is concerned must endeavour to do the necessary thing. The accused
having been formally charged in court, must be produced in court for trial on
the appointed days in compliance with the provisions of the law,”
Dasuki’s trial has been fixed for February 16 and 17 before Justice Ademola
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