Embattle Dasuki drags FG to ECOWAS, demands N500m

Unable to regain his freedom from the Nigerian government, embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, has filed a suit against the Federal Government before the ECOWAS Court in Abuja demanding N500 million as payment for alleged rights infringement.

Dasuki in the suit filed by his lawyer, Robert Emukpoeruo, asked the court to declare his continued detention as “unlawful, arbitrary and an egregious violation” of his human rights.

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He 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.

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