Sambo Dasuki, the former national security adviser, has been urged not to go to court because the process may lead to revelations linked to the deadly Boko Haram sect and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Department of State Services (DSS) had on July 16 raided Dasuki’s properties.
A Daily Post source has said that the development has been an issue of discussion among many Northern groups who consider any court process will lead to revelations of many other subjects not fit for public viewing.
The source said: “The calibre of personalities that have reached out to him (Dasuki) will shock you.”
However, he declined to name the individuals: “I cannot mention names but they include generals, emirs, politicians, as well as loyalists of the current administration.”
“He (Dasuki) is still shocked that the DSS could dig up a charge like ‘treasonable felony’. That itself is libel because you don’t just make such accusation until you have instituted a case.”
“This is pure witch-hunting, ridicule and persecution. Those asking Dasuki not to go to court knows that he is being pushed to the wall and that the outcome will not be funny,” the source continued.
“In his three years at that post, he had access to all the classified documents you can think of. Documents with facts on Boko Haram; documents on political parties and who their members really are. We are talking about damning revelations.
“Dasuki had access to list of questionable characters who funded these parties. He had access to list all those indicted for corruption and other serious charges over the years among others. Imagine if he divulges such to the whole world.
“Those who have fired the first salvo should not get too comfortable. No one is saying the man should not be probe, but the law must be followed and people’s rights must be respected.
The source revealed that the father of Dasuki, the former sultan Ibrahim Dasuki, is in fact one of those who are pressuring his son not to press charges.
He added: “The father too is unhappy about the whole thing, but has appealed to his son to apply caution.”
“There is a saying that only the elderly knows where a tree will land when a young man is cutting it. His advise has a deep meaning.”
Dasuki’s father, who is 94, was shocked by the invasion of his Sokoto home, saying that it was illegal.
The DSS said the agency was fprced to break into Dasuki’s residence because he refused its personnel entry into his main house despite being presented with an appropriately signed search warrant.
The agency blamed Sambo for raising a false alarm to the army authorities to come to his aid, “as he failed to correctly tell the military that his property was about to be legitimately searched.”
The Department of State Services (DSS) had on July 16 raided Dasuki’s properties.
A Daily Post source has said that the development has been an issue of discussion among many Northern groups who consider any court process will lead to revelations of many other subjects not fit for public viewing.
The source said: “The calibre of personalities that have reached out to him (Dasuki) will shock you.”
However, he declined to name the individuals: “I cannot mention names but they include generals, emirs, politicians, as well as loyalists of the current administration.”
“He (Dasuki) is still shocked that the DSS could dig up a charge like ‘treasonable felony’. That itself is libel because you don’t just make such accusation until you have instituted a case.”
“This is pure witch-hunting, ridicule and persecution. Those asking Dasuki not to go to court knows that he is being pushed to the wall and that the outcome will not be funny,” the source continued.
“In his three years at that post, he had access to all the classified documents you can think of. Documents with facts on Boko Haram; documents on political parties and who their members really are. We are talking about damning revelations.
“Dasuki had access to list of questionable characters who funded these parties. He had access to list all those indicted for corruption and other serious charges over the years among others. Imagine if he divulges such to the whole world.
“Those who have fired the first salvo should not get too comfortable. No one is saying the man should not be probe, but the law must be followed and people’s rights must be respected.
The source revealed that the father of Dasuki, the former sultan Ibrahim Dasuki, is in fact one of those who are pressuring his son not to press charges.
He added: “The father too is unhappy about the whole thing, but has appealed to his son to apply caution.”
“There is a saying that only the elderly knows where a tree will land when a young man is cutting it. His advise has a deep meaning.”
Dasuki’s father, who is 94, was shocked by the invasion of his Sokoto home, saying that it was illegal.
The DSS said the agency was fprced to break into Dasuki’s residence because he refused its personnel entry into his main house despite being presented with an appropriately signed search warrant.
The agency blamed Sambo for raising a false alarm to the army authorities to come to his aid, “as he failed to correctly tell the military that his property was about to be legitimately searched.”
