A former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), has alleged that the Department of State Services is threatening his life in a new application which he filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday.
In his fresh application following the siege laid to his house by the operatives of the DSS, Dasuki alleged that he had been prevented from traveling abroad to attend to his ailing health in line with the order of Justice Adeniyi Ademola, for the release of his traveling documents on November 3.
He is therefore seeking the removal of “all human and non-human barricades, bulwarks and or siege laid around, about and across” his residence at No. 13 John Kadiya Street, Asokoro District, Abuja.
In the application filed on his behalf by his lawyer, Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), Dasuki also wants Justice Ademola to extend the order made on November 3, to make up for the delay caused by the siege to his house.
He also wants the court to dispense with his appearance from court during the hearing of the application.
A supporting affidavit to the application partly read, “I am aware as a fact that by the act and overt aggression of the complainant/privies, the security and life of the defendant/applicant is being constantly threatened.”
His prayers in the application read, “An order dispensing with further appearance of the defendant/applicant in the proceedings conducted in this case, save for specific circumstances in which this honorable court so directs; or at least for an order dispensing with his appearance for the purposes of hearing this application.
“An order of this honourable court extending its order of 3rd November 2015, wherein leave was granted the defendant/applicant to travel abroad, for the treatment of his ailing medical condition.
“A mandatory order directing the complainant (the Federal Government) and any other agency acting on its behalf, particularly the Department of State Sevices, to forthwith remove all human and non-human barricades, bulwarks and or seige laid around, about and across the defendant/applicant’s residence at No. 13 John Kadiya Street, Asokoro District, Abuja, the said impediments which have hindered the accomplishment of the said order of this honourable court permitting the defendant to travel abroad for treatment of his ailing medical condition.”
