A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday overruled an objection filed by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and ordered that arms and ammunition allegedly recovered from his Abuja home be displayed in court.
Dasuki is standing trial before the court on charges of illegal possession of firearms and money laundering.
The prosecution had opened its case by calling a witness, but the trial was later stalled when the initial trial judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola withdrew from the case.
The trial resumed before another judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, and the prosecution called its first witness.
The witness, Williams Obiara, an operative of Department of State Service (DSS), had his face hidden from the court’s audience.
He wore a mask and testified behind a shield provided by the court.
Lead in evidence by the prosecution lawyer, Oladipupo Okpeseyi (SAN), Obiora explained how a search was conducted on Dasuki’s home in 2015 and how weapons were allegedly recovered from the building.
Obiora said he was part of the team ordered by the Director General of DSS in 2015 to carry out search on Dasuki’s house based on intelligence report that weapons injurious to national security were in his house.
The witness said the team led by Ali Burara and armed with a search warrant arrived Dasuki’s home in Asokoro and met a number of armed soldiers, who prevented the team from accessing the premises.
He said after about three hours, a military truck arrived the house and took the soldiers away, following which his team conducted its search on the building.
According to him, the team recovered some weapons and recorded them on the search warrant.
