Dasuki, in the letter, also said he had earlier lodged two appeals against his continued detention.
The former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki has called on the Supreme Court to accelerate his trial.
According to Vanguard, Dasuki also said he had earlier lodged two appeals against his continued detention.
In a letter to the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, the ex-NSA, through his lawyer, J.B. Daudu (SAN), asks the apex court to quickly determine his appeals.
An excerpt of the letter reads: “The
same government having breached his right to fair trial by not allowing
him proceed on bail to have adequate time and facilities to prepare his
defence, interfered with his constitutionally guaranteed presumption of
innocence by continuing to detain him without trial has insisted on
several occasions to proceed with the charges afore described, knowing
fully well that the appellant has no access to documents with which he
would wish to defend himself.”
Sambo Dasuki has been in detention after being granted bail by several court of competent jurisdiction.
The former NSA was arrested and charged to
court for allegedly diverting funds meant for the purchase of weapons
for the Army to prosecute the war against Boko Haram.
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