Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), on Wednesday said he stopped going to court during the period of his detention because the Federal Government refused to obey court orders granting him bail.
Speaking in an interview with the Hausa Service of the Voice of America, (VOA) he however said he was ready to return to trial given that he has finally been released on bail.
Recall that the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami had on Tuesday directed that both Dasuki and the convener of the#RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore be released.
After several courts had granted him bail none of which was obeyed, Dasuk in November 2018 wrote to the Federal High Court in Abuja to the effect that he would no longer appear in court for his trial pending when the Federal Government would obey the order of his release on bail.
Dasuki who is facing trial for illegal possession of arms and money laundering was arrested and detained in December 2015.
In the interview monitored by the Next Edition, the former NSA boss also cleared the air about his relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari insisting that there was no dispute between them.
He said, “I was going to court. Why I stopped going to court was because the court ordered for my release. This was not obeyed. So, I said, anytime the government released me, we would continue with the case. I am ready.”
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Asked if his long incarceration had resulted to any ailments Dasuki said: “Thank God I don’t have any ailment. I don’t have any ailment. I met my family in good health; thank God.”
On what he had to say to Nigerians who prayed for his release, he said, “We thank all for their prayers. It is only God that will reward them. There is nothing to say other than to pray to God to reward them. We saw what started and it has ended peacefully.”
Responding to a question on whether he had any appeal to make to government, he said, he didn’t have any adding: “Whatever happens to anyone in life, it is what God has ordained.
Lack of knowledge or faith is what makes people think an individual is behind their travails or makes a person think he did this to you. It is what God ordains that happens. Like you said, I spent four years in detention; today, I am out.
“Only God knows what tomorrow holds. No one has authority over tomorrow. All that is required is justice. Everyone who goes to the mosque on Friday and is a Moslem, must have heard an Imam preach about justice and holding on to the truth. There is a reason why they do so; they should be listened to.”
Asked if there were issues between him and President Buhari, the former NSA responded, “I don’t have a dispute with anyone, I am more than that.”
