Colonel Dangiwa Umar (retd.), a former military governor of Kaduna state, has lend his voice to the continued detention of former NSA Colonel Sambo Dasuki.
He went on to query what right the Buhari administration have to ignore al the bail granted to Dasuki?
"It is over a year since the three courts, including ECOWAS Court, granted bail to Colonel Dasuki. The Federal Government has, however, refused to release him, citing the untenable excuse of the grievous nature of his offense. Our extant constitution is quite clear on this issue. The Federal Government does not have the power to determine which offense is bailable or whether an accused person is deserving of bail. It should therefore obey courts’ decisions and release Colonel Dasuki without any further delay," said the former military governor,"
He went further to say. "He has also the misfortune of having served as National Security Adviser to the much vilified Nigerian President of Ijaw extraction. "Colonel Dasuki’s fate is tied to that of his former principal President Goodluck Jonathan, an honorable and patriotic Nigerian, who conceded defeat and congratulated the winner of the 2015 presidential election, General Muhammadu Buhari, even before INEC declared the final results, when he could have held on tenaciously to power as is the norm in many Third World countries,"
The former military governor explained that Dasuki will never get a fair hearing from Buhari administration because of the mindset already conceived. Therefore, he called on President Buhari’s led federal government to release Colonel Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser (NSA), insisting that his continued detention without trial is undemocratic. Colonel Umar made this call in a statement issued on Sunday as reported by Sahara Reporters.
Furthermore, he insisted that Goodluck Jonathan's decision to concede defeat has been rewarded with disrespect and derision by the Federal Government. "President Jonathan is the most maligned Nigerian former Head of State. Colonel Dasuki is paying dearly for his loyal service to this patriot.
He went ahead to call on "All well-meaning Nigerians must speak out against his unfair and unlawful treatment. We cannot afford to remain neutral in the face of this monumental injustice. "When one Nigerian is unlawfully detained all of us must have the moral consciousness to feel psychologically incarcerated,"
The former governor, however commended the war on corruption but said the president must make it a comprehensive one. "For the war to be meaningful and sustainable, it must be elevated beyond a President Buhari personal struggle to a national one. Most fair-minded Nigerians are no more impressed and are indeed skeptical with the conduct of this government’s anti corruption war which appears to be aimed at the neutralization and destruction of the opposition,"
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