$2bn Arms deal Fraud: Dasuki, Yuguda, Bafarawa & 3 Other Thieves get N250m bail each #Africa

A Federal Capital Territory( FCT) High Court yesterday granted former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, ex-Minister of Finance, Bashir Yuguda, a former Director of Finance in the Office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu and two others bail, on N250 million bond each and a surety in like sum.

Dasuki and the five accused persons who are facing a 22-count criminal charge of diversion, misappropriation and breach of trust of N13.6 billion, brought against them by the government, were granted bail by Justice Peter Affen.

The bail is different from the one granted last Thursday to three accused persons including Dasuki by Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf. Justice Affen based his ruling on the bail application for the 22-count money laundering charges of N13.6 billion.
The judge also restated the conditions for bail given by another judge last week and ordered the six accused to produce sureties, one must be a serving or retired federal director.
“The sureties must provide property worth N250 million within Abuja and an evidence of means. The defendants are also expected to deposit their international passports and their counsel must notify the court of any intention by the defendants to travel out of Abuja,” he said.

Justice Affen ordered that the six accused persons arraigned for allegedly squandering of the huge sum as payment for alleged supply of security equipment, are to be remanded in Kuje Prisons until their bail conditions are met.
He adjourned the matter for trial till February 2 and 3, 2016.
Dasuki and five other accused persons, comprising Yuguda, Salisu, Bafarawa, his son; Saggir Bafarawa and his company, Dalhatu Investment are facing trial.

Part of the charge read: “That you, Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki, whilst being National Security Adviser and Shaibu Salisu, whilst being the Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) between April 14, 2014 and May 7, 2015 in Abuja, entrusted with dominion of over N3.5 billion being part of the fund in the account of the Office of the NSA, with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) committed criminal breach of trust by transferring the money into the account of Dalhatu Investment Limited with United Bank for Africa (UBA) purporting same to be payment for the supply of security equipment and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532 Vol.4 LFN 2004”.