From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
THE absence of former National Security Adviser(NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), in court yesterday stalled his trial in the N6billion corruption charges brought against him by the government.
This was even as the witnesses in the case were brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in court.
Consequently, the trial was scuttled following the failure of the Department of State Security Services (DSS) to release Dasuki to EFCC for onward movement to Abuja High Court.
When the trial resumed yesterday, counsel to EFCC, Mr Oluwaleke Atolagbe, informed Justice Baba Yusuf that he had made serious efforts, through the EFCC, to contact DSS to produce the first defendant (Dasuki) in court and regretted that, as at the time the court was sitting, his efforts did not yield fruitful result.
The counsel informed the court that there was no indication that the former NSA would be brought to court for the trial even though the witnesses were in court, and also Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), who was supposed to be the lead prosecution counsel was at the Court of Appeal for a different matter.