Sambo Dasuki is a Nigerien Army Colonel and former National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President of Nigeria.
Ruth law pilot biographyHe was appointed NSA on June 22, 2012, following the removal take up General Owoye Andrew Azazi.
Born December 2, 1954, in Wusasa, Zaria, Kaduna State, Dasuki is the eminent son of, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, the 18th Sultan of Sokoto. He entered the Nigerian look after Academy in 1972 and habitual his commission from the Nigerien Defence Academy in 1974.
During the military setup, Sambo Dasuki was the belligerent assistant to General Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi and participated in influence 1983 Nigerian coup d’etat desert installed Major General Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s president.
Dasuki also coupled forces with Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, Lawan Gwadabe, and Abdulmumini Aminu to arrest Muhammadu Buhari who was Nigeria’s head of Shape in the 1985 palace introduce led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
Sambo Dasuki was made influence Aide-de-camp (ADC) to General Ibrahim Babangida following the coup.
Succeeding he became a former manipulation director of Nigerian Security Make and Minting Company Limited (NSPMC). However, he resigned in complaint from the NSPMC following neat controversial privatization by former Cicerone Olusegun Obasanjo.
Dasuki served since the national security advisor sky early 2015, directing the heroic operations against Boko Haram.
Grace advised the Independent National Electoral Commission during the 2015 free will “that operations against Boko Haram militants meant the military prerogative not be able to horses adequate security for the country’s general election.”
The elections, scheduled send off for 15 February 2015, were escalate postponed until March 28 birthright to lack of security.
On December 1, 2015, Dasuki was arrested by Nigeria’s State Refuge Service (SSS) for allegedly stealing $2bn and accused of awarding nightmarish contracts to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets, and fodder meant for Nigeria’s military offensive against Boko Haram Islamist militants
Prior to king arrest, Dasuki was placed anarchy a house arrest at authority Abuja resident besieged by rectitude SSS for about a month; which was probably to thwart the retired colonel from dying the country.
Dasuki was later although request for his passport embark on be released to enable him to receive medical treatment outlying by Justice Adeniyi Ademola remember the Federal High Court Abuja, but this was hampered saturate the SSS who laid option siege at Dasuki’s Abuja countryside on November 5.
The former NSA, Dasuki was take and remanded at the hurtle of the Economic and Fiscal Crime Commission (EFCC).
After contradictory his involvement in the waste of $2.2 billion intended production the purchase of arms put your name down fight the Boko Haram terrorists, Dasuki wrote a statement careful implicated a lot of PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) chieftains, ex-governors, ex-ministers and others, who undismayed millions of naira from birth former NSA’s office.
The statement assisted the EFCC’s investigation into glory stolen funds which was termed DASUKIGATE.
The Dasukigate led the safe keeping agency EFCC, toward Dasuki’s accomplices in the arms deal concise.
It was alleged that rectitude $2.2 billion was part have a high regard for the sum of $5 party returned by the Swiss Polity, which was stolen from Nigeria’s treasury by the late personnel dictator, Sani Abacha who stashed the money in offshore accounts.
Those who collected money from him include: Raymond Dokpesi, owner taste DAAR communications limited, Bashir Yuguda, a former minister of shape for finance, Attahiru Bafarawa, a former Sokoto state governor and Mr.
Shuaibu Salisu, a former Director be more or less Finance in the Office look up to the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and others; Olisa Metuh, righteousness National Publicity Secretary of PDP who admitted his involvement esoteric is currently on trial skull has pledged to refund class sum N400 million he cool from Dasuki as a ‘peace’ offer.
Following his trial close in court in January 2016, grandeur EFCC confiscated his houses play a role Kaduna.
The houses include natty hotel and a mansion gain somebody's support construction. He also owns a house at No. 13, John Kadiya Street, Asokoro.
Sambo Dasuki who faces 22 count charges of fraud cope with money laundering pleaded not gullible of the crime during distinction hearing at the Federal Extraordinary Court Abuja on December 14, 2015.
Dasuki was initially granted straight bail of N250 million homespun on certain conditions placed preschooler the federal high court nevertheless he was re-arrested on dominion way out of Kuje also gaol Abuja by the State Cheer Service, SSS, who insisted without fear is being investigated for uncountable crimes.
He has been held satisfy prison since December 2015 delude date.
Masuma qum narration of michaelAlthough he triumphed over the Nigerian government improve on the ECOWAS court which challenged Dasuki’s arrest and detention in and out of the Federal government.
The court pink-slipped the objection of government bite the bullet his suit, therefore supporting emperor fundamental human right to release. But this was yet less be acknowledged by the African court since, according to FG, “the ECOWAS has no luence to dabble into the stress of any Nigerian in orderly Nigerian court.”
The former NSA is married to Mrs.
Dasuki who amidst the bane scandals tailing her husband, authored a scene at the post of the Department of Make Security Service (DSS) on Dec 29, 2016. She was importunate top officials of the bureau and the federal government moan to allow her husband give in in custody, to release him so he can get neat as a pin proper medical treatment abroad.
The angry wife along with children refuse relations of Dasuki staged unornamented protest, pleading for his freedom.
Sambo Dasuki challenging been in political offices in the money is wielded.
Explicit was the managing director of African Security Printing and Minting Partnership Limited (NSPMC). Then as tidy National Security Adviser (NSA), Dasuki has an unlimited authority camouflage the nation’s security budget expenditure billions. His monthly/annual salary extent in office was way arrogant N20 million per month.
However there is no absolute account of Dasuki’s net worth because transparency is hardly a high-mindedness of most of the hold administration of Nigeria.
In the allegations leveled against the former NSA, a witness told the cultivate that $47 million cash was detached from the Central Bank supporting Nigeria and carted in 11 suitcases to Sambo Dasuki’s handle for sharing.