Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). will have five witnesses testify against him as proposed by the federal government, in order to authenticate the case of illegal possession of firearms brought against the Former NSA.
Dasuki was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday.
The five witnesses, according to the prosecution’s list of witnesses, include; operatives of the Department of State Services, who carried out the search operation conducted at Dasuki’s residence at 13, John Khadiya Street, Asokoro, Abuja, on July 16, 2015.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola had on Tuesday granted Dasuki bail on self-recognition shortly after he pleaded not guilty to the charge, which was said to have violated provisions of section 27(1)(a)(i) of the Firearms Act, Cap F28, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
Trial will start on October 26, at that time, the prosecution will call the leader of the search team at Dasuki’s residence, Dahiru Dodo, and the investigating officer in the case, Musa Duniyo, as part of its witnesses. Three other DSS operatives, who have also been proposed as prosecution witnesses, are; Ali Gurara, Samuel Ogbu and Franklyn Usman.
Items allegedly recovered from Dasuki’s residence, included “five Tavor assault rifles; one Macro Uzi rifle with serial number 60244; 20 magazine (ammunition); one packet of Ministry of Defence APG Calibre gun; and one Luger gun with number 033373.”
Others are “small magazine containing 16 rounds of ammunition; bigger magazine containing live rounds of ammunition; one magazine with 16 rounds of live 9mm ammunition and 36 rounds of live ammunition.”
Some of the items were said to have been recovered from his Range Rover car with Abuja number plate RBC 517 JN.
The judge had on Tuesday ordered that “Dasuki’s travelling documents, which might be currently in the custody of any government agency, should be retrieved and deposited with the court.”
The judge thereafter adjourned till October 26 and 27 for trial to begin.
