The Nigerian Government on Tuesday ordered the release of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore from detention. Nigeria’s justice minister and attorney general of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami ordered their release in a statement. Malami said the decision to release them was in compliance with the bail granted to both Dasuki and Sowore by the courts. Also, Dasuki, who served as national security adviser under former President Goodluck Jonathan, had been in detention for over four years despite four court orders, including an ECOWAS court granting him bail. The Court of Appeal in Abuja in July 2019 declared that the continued detention of Dasuki by the DSS was illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional.

Source: The Guardian December 24, 2019 14:03 UTC