Court allows Dasuki to travel abroad

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to release the international passport of the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki so that he can seek medical treatment abroad.

The Federal Government, had Monday, opposed Dasuki’s application to be allowed to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Dasuki, who was arraigned over a five-count charge for alleged illegal possession of firearms and money laundering, sought the court’s permission to go for three weeks medical check-up outside the country.

His counsel, J. B. Daudu (SAN), Monday, prayed presiding judge, Justice Ademola Adeniyi to order the release of the travelling documents he surrendered to the Deputy Chief Registrar of the High Court.

Daudu informed the court that his client was suffering from a sickness that would require attention of his medical doctors abroad. He pledged that the passport would be returned to the court after the three weeks treatment period.

The prosecuting counsel had opposed Dasuki’s application, insisting that doctors at the National Hospital, Abuja, had given an undertaking that they can treat the former NSA.

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