January 11, 2016 
A senior lawyer and supporter of the Muhammadu Buhari administration’s anti-corruption effort, Femi Falana, has advised the federal government to obey court orders and immediately release the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and the Biafran agitator, Nnamdi Kanu.
Mr. Falana, who was initially tipped to emerge Attorney General of the current government, warned that holding on to the two men despite existing court orders was a violation of the rule of law that President Buhari swore to uphold.
“Upon winning the election, President Buhari further pledged to abide by the Rule of Law,” Mr. Falana said in a statement published by Sahara Reporters. “To that extent, he has a duty to ensure that all organs and officials of the Government operate within the ambit of the law.”
Speaking on the detention of Mr. Dasuki, Mr. Falana argued that despite the huge mismanagement of funds for which the former is being tried, the fact that two separate courts granted him bail and the government is yet to appeal the bail rulings, means he should be released.
“The decision of the SSS to ignore the order admitting Col. Dasuki to bail coupled with the failure to re-arraign him on fresh charges is tantamount to impunity in every material respect,” Mr. Falana said.
“If the federal government were aggrieved by the order admitting Col. Dasuki to bail it should have challenged it in the Court of Appeal.
“Much as the Nigerian people are fully behind the Buhari Administration in the patriotic move to recover the looted wealth of the nation, the federal government should be advised to ensure that the procedure for the loot recovery meets the tenets of the rule of law.”
Mr. Dasuki, a retired colonel, is charged with mismanaging $2.1 billion funds meant for equipping the military to combat the Boko Haram insurgency.
On the Biafran agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, Mr. Falana said “the order admitting the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, to bail should also be complied with.”
The arrest of Mr. Kanu, who also promoted Radio Biafra, and called for the armed dismantling of Nigeria, has led to mass protests by thousands of Igbos across Nigeria who have demanded for his release.
“If the federal government has other charges against both suspects (Messrs. Kanu and Dasuki) it should file them in the court,” Mr. Falana said. “There is no provision for keeping criminal suspects at the pleasure of security officials. Meanwhile, all valid and subsisting orders made by courts in favour of criminal suspects should be obeyed without further delay.”
President Muhammadu Buhari had during his presidential media chat given a reason why his government has not released both men despite the court orders.
“If you see the atrocities these people committed against this country, we can’t allow them to jump bail,” the president said.
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