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<h4>Former National Security Adviser Sinks Deeper</h4>
<p><strong><a href="https://openlife.ng/">OpenLife Nigeria</a></strong> reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday tendered more evidence in the trial of retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki and three others before an Abuja High Court.</p>
<p>Dasuki, a former National Security Adviser (NSA), is charged with an amended 32-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, dishonest release and receiving various sums of money to the tune of N33.2 billion.</p>
<p>He was accused of misappropriation of security funds in the accounts of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), alongside a former General Manager with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa.</p>
<p>The others are two firms: Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited.<br />
The EFCC arraigned the four defendants afresh on March 25 in a case that began in 2015.</p>
<p>The anti-graft agency accused Dasuki, among others, of releasing the equivalent of N10 billion in foreign currencies from the NSA’s account.</p>
<p>The account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the 2014 presidential primary election of the then ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP).</p>
<p>Dasuki and his co-defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges, marked as FCT/HC/CR/43/2015.</p>
<p>At the resumed hearing of the case, PW1, Adariku Michael, a detective with EFCC, informed the court that the commission received an intelligence report on Sept. 21, 2015, bordering on abuse of office and money laundering.</p>
<p>He was taken in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN.<br />
He alleged that the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) moved huge sums of money between October 2014 and April 2015 to accounts of various companies.</p>
<p>The witness said the report was assigned to a special task force headed by ACE Halimah Kazeem.<br />
The witness said that on receiving the report, the special task force swung into action and wrote a letter to the CBN.</p>
<p>He narrated how money for the ONSA account in the CBN was transferred to different individuals and companies into their different banks.<br />
Responses from requests sent to CBN and other banks were tendered in evidence and marked as exhibits.</p>
<figure id="attachment_30883" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-30883" style="width: 182px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="size-full wp-image-30883" src="https://openlife.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Untitled-24.jpeg" alt="Former National Security Adviser Sinks Deeper In Alleged N33.2bn Fraud As EFCC Tenders More Evidence" width="182" height="278" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-30883" class="wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki</strong></em></figcaption></figure>
<p>The defendants’ counsel, A A Usman for Dasuki, Solomon Umoh, SAN, for Baba-Kusa and Acacia Holdings Limited, and A O Ayodele for <a href="https://www.vanguardngr.com/">Reliance Referral Hospital Limited</a>, reserved their objections.<br />
The parties, as suggested by Umoh, agreed to be shown the documents before the proceedings so that the trial can go smoothly.</p>
<p>Justice Charles Agbaza then adjourned the case until Nov. 11 for continuation of hearing.</p>
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