Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday withdrew from further presiding over the trial of a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).
Justice Ademola returned the case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for re-assignment to another judge.
The Federal Government had on September 1, 2015 arraigned Dasuki before the judge on charges of money laundering and illegal possession of firearms.
But Justice Ademola, who was one of the seven judges recently arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Services, had written to the National Judicial Council, saying that granting bail to the ex-NSA was part of the allegations the DSS levelled against him.
The judge granted bail to Dasuki shortly after the accused person was arraigned on September 1, 2015.
At the resumed hearing of Dasuki’s trial on Tuesday, Justice Ademola said he was not willing to go on with the case in view of the recent development.
The prosecuting counsel, Mr. Dipo Okpeseyi (SAN), said he had not been briefed by his client (the Federal Government) on what position to take on the issue.
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