Former national security adviser and a Sokoto Prince, Sambo Dasuki has been released after four years in detention.
The Department of State Services (DSS) released Dasuki in Abuja on Tuesday following the directive of the federal government.
Ahmed Raji, Dasuki’s counsel, confirmed that his client was released on Tuesday evening.
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, had asked the secret police to release Dasuki and Omoyele Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, in compliance with the court order on their release.
The former NSA was arrested in 2015 over alleged abuse of office and money laundering. Different courts had granted him bail which the federal government did not comply with.
Recall that in 2015, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had preferred charges against Dasuki in two separate suits before Hussein Baba-Yusuf, a judge of the FCT high court.
