Senate to debate Dasuki, Zakzaky’s detention
- Senate is set to debate on Dasuki, Zakyzaky's detention
- The former NSA Dasuki has been in detention since 2106 over alleged corruption
- A motion on the matter, sponsored by senator David Umaru, was listed on the order paper for debate on Tuesday, July 10
The Senate would debate the continuous detention of a former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki, and the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
Daily Trust reports that a motion on the matter, sponsored by senator David Umaru was listed on the order paper for debate on Tuesday, July 10, but it was stood down due to the Senator’s absence on the floor.
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Legit.ng gathered that the motion said the continuous detention of the duo was in disregard to several court orders including that of the ECOWAS court, which granted Dasuki bail pending his trial over money laundering charges and a Federal High Court that ordered Zakzaky’s release in 2016.
The motion is titled: "Alarming rise in cases of alleged human rights violations and consistent assault on the provisions of the 1999 Constitution by the executive."
The motion expressed concern that in the last few years, Nigeria’s democratic credentials have become questionable as a result of the cases of alleged state-inspired human rights violations and consistent constitutional infractions perpetrated by agencies of government.
The Senate is also expected to, today, pay tribute to late Malam Adamu Chiroma, who passed away recently.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, June 4, re-arraigned Colonel Nicholas Ashinze, a former special assistant to the embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki (retd).
The others arraigned are Austrian, Wolfgang Reinl; Edidiong Idiong and Sagir D Mohammed.
They were arraigned before Justice Babatunde Quardri of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on a 13-count charge of corruption and money laundering to the tune of N3.6billion.
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Source: Legit.ng
