Ahmed Raji, lawyer to immediate past National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, has protested that he has no access to his client since December 29, 2015.
He accused the Department of State Security (DSS) of blocking efforts to see the embattled former Army Officer.
The lawyer said: “Since all Dasuki’s legal team could not have access to him, we seek for an adjournment to enable us tackle the stranger that is keeping former NSA in custody unlawfully since last year when he was admitted to bail.”
Raji spoke shortly after Monday’s ruling by the Judge of Federal Capital Territory High Court, Justice Hussaini Baba Yusuf.
The judge had refused to grant Dasuki’s application praying the court to discharge him as a result of the alleged contempt perpetrated by the Federal Government.
The judge said that from the available fact placed before the court, it was a stranger, in this case, the Department of State Service (DSS) that rearrested Ex-NSA on December 29, 2015 after he perfected his bail conditions.
The judge, however, advised Dasuki’s legal team to institute a civil action against the DSS for the enforcement of the fundamental right of Dasuki to freedom of liberty.
He adjourned to March 23, 2016 for trial.
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