DSS Rearrests Colonel Sambo Dasuki

Colonel Sambo Dasuki has been rearrested by members of the Department of State Services (DSS.

The former National Security Adviser (NSA) has been placed under siege on his Abuja residence for three weeks following his previous arrest.

Dasuki is currently being interogated at the DSS headquarters in Abuja.

According to TheCable, colonel Dasuki, who is alleged to have awarded fictitious contracts, followed the security agents voluntarily.‎ ‎Prior to his arrest, a federal high court in Abuja granted him leave to travel abroad for medical treatment, but the state police refused to comply with the order of the court.

Despite the subsisting order, the DSS asked the same court, presided over by Adeniyi Ademola, to revoke the bail it granted Dasuki on September 1 on the grounds that the accused person was being investigated for corruption and other criminal matters.

Colonel Dasuki has denied the allegations of corruption against him, saying that former President Goodluck Jonathan approved all the contracts that were awarded by his office.

The retired colonel has also described his trial by the federal government as a “witch hunt”, maintaining that he is innocent of all the charges. The hearing of the application on “bail revocation” is expected to come up on Thursday.