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Dasuki walking into the court yesterday |
They were docked before Justice Peter Affem of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on a 22-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and diversion of public fund under the pretext of purchasing security arms.
The six accused persons comprising Sagir Attahiru, son of former Sokoto State Governor Attahiru Bafarawa and their family company Dalhatu Investment Ltd pleaded not guilty to all the charges when they were read out to them.
The prosecution counsel Mr. Rotimi Jacobs SAN applied for an adjournment till next year to enable him assemble all his witnesses for trial of the accused persons.
Earlier, counsel to the second accused person Mr. Ahmed Raji SAN raised the issue of bail for the accused persons, adding that motions for their bail have already been filed and served on the prosecution.
With the consent of all the parties, the trial judge Justice Peter Affem adjourned hearing in the bail application today.
He also ordered that the accused persons be kept in the custody of the EFCC peanding the determination of their bail applications.
