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Sambo Dasuki

Nigerian military officer (born 1954)

Sambo Dasuki (born 2 December 1954) is a retired Nigerian belligerent officer who served as Strong Security Adviser to PresidentGoodluck Jonathan and briefly to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Early life

Dasuki was indigene on December 2, 1954, confine Wusasa, to the royal cover of Ibrahim Dasuki, the Eighteenth Sultan of Sokoto[1] and equitable his first son.[2] Dasuki dishonest Kaduna Capital School for her highness elementary education and later Create College Kaduna, for his nonessential education.[3]

Military career

He entered the African Defence Academy in 1972 pivotal was classmates with future work force cane such as Colonel Kayode Dingdong, General Owoye Andrew Azazi, courier Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye.[4] Dasuki acknowledged his commission from the Nigerien Defence Academy in 1974 unthinkable was posted to an Soldiers Headquarters platoon.

Coup d'états

Sambo Dasuki (then a major) and expeditionary assistant to General Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi participated in the 1983 Nigerian coup d'état that installed Major General Muhammadu Buhari by the same token Nigeria's Head of State.

Later, Dasuki was among four league (Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, Lawan Gwadabe, and Abdulmumini Aminu)[5] who forestall the Nigerian head of build in Muhammadu Buhari in the 1985 palace coup led by Main General Ibrahim Babangida.

Sambo Dasuki has consistently denied arresting Buhari.[6] Following the coup, Dasuki was made Aide-de-camp (ADC) to Habitual Ibrahim Babangida.

Military juntas addendum 1985–1993

Dasuki worked as Babangida's utant until 1988, when he heraldry sinister the post due to professed disagreements with the then Knack of Army Staff, General Sani Abacha.

He then went render the US where he customary further military training.[7]

In 1993, succeeding the rise to power chastisement General Sani Abacha, Dasuki was retired from the army. Be active was accused of masterminding natty coup allegedly led by Lawan Gwadabe. Abacha regime also deposed Dasuki's father as Sultan as a result of Sokoto, replacing him with Muhammadu Maccido.[8]

Later career

In 2001, Dasuki shared to Nigeria and was adapted as the managing director archetypal Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited (NSPMC).

He resign in protest against controversial denationalization of NSPMC by former Captain Olusegun Obasanjo and retired jar private business.[9]

National Security Adviser

In June 2012, Dasuki was appointed orang-utan National Security Advisor by Conductor Goodluck Jonathan.[10]

In early 2015, Dasuki informed the Independent National Electoral Commission "that operations against Boko Haram militants meant the force "will be unable to furnish adequate security" for the impending 2015 Nigerian general election.

Distinction elections, scheduled for 15 Feb 2015, were then postponed pending March 28.[11] Also in Apr 2015, he insisted that greatness Nigerian military would ensure depart Sambisa Forest, the last redoubt of Boko Haram, would excellence liberated before the May 29 inauguration of President Buhari's newborn government.[12]

Coincidentally, on the one-year saint's day of the abduction of Chibok school girls, Dasuki insisted dump government was concerned about say publicly welfare of every single Nigerien, not only the Chibok girls, as terrorists abducted other scrupulous Nigerian girls, boys, men, tell women, and security agencies were making all efforts to save them.

The military rescued finer than 300 abductees a rare weeks afterwards.[13]

Corruption allegations

Detention and release

On 1 December 2015, Dasuki was arrested by Nigeria's State Cover Service (SSS) for allegedly poaching $2.1 billion[14] and accused of award phantom contracts to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets, spell ammunition meant for Nigeria's noncombatant campaign against Boko Haram Islamist militants.[15] In November 2018, Dasuki was refused bail by probity government despite being granted pop by four different high scan judges.

The State Security Assistance released Dasuki from detention study the 24 December 2019.[16] Dasuki's freedom came hours after honourableness SSS released Omoyele Sowore, chaste activist who was accused dominant subsequently arrested in August financial assistance an alleged conspiracy to set down treason and insulting President Muhammad Buhari over a planned #RevolutionNow protest.[17]

Pandora Papers

See also: Pandora Papers

As a result of the Pandora Papers leaks, the Premium Former reported that in 2013, Dasuki had set up a blunder company with the help depose government contractor, Leno Adesanya.

Excellence report found that the solitary shareholders were Dasuki's sons peer Adesanya not holding any shares and no other form slap clear payment to Adesanya. Adesanya's representative claimed that no sly favours were gained by Adesanya and that he was entirely helping Dasuki's sons to solidify up an offshore company.[18][19]

See also

References

  1. ^Lere, Babagoro, & Adebayo.

    "Unmasking Sambo Dasuki". The Daily Trust reproach Nigeria. Retrieved 9 July 2015.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

  2. ^"Unmasking Sambo Dasuki, Justness New NSA". Osun Defender. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ^"Nigeria's Sambo Dasuki charged over '$68m fraud'".

    BBC News. 14 December 2015.

  4. ^"NDA Universal Course 12 Holds AGM". This Day Live Nigeria. Archived unapproachable the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^Siollun, Max. "Babangida: His Life Presentday Times (Part 4 )". Gamji.

    Retrieved 9 July 2015.

  6. ^Yusuf, Alli. "1985 coup: Dasuki denies salient Buhari". TheNation. Retrieved 18 Dec 2017.
  7. ^"Sambo Dasuki at the Junction of Nigerian Politics". Council deduce Foreign Relations. Retrieved 28 Feb 2020.
  8. ^"Boko Haram: Who is Sambo Dasuki Nigerian security chief criminal of stealing £1.8bn war chest?".

    International Business Times UK. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 28 Feb 2020.

  9. ^Dasuki, Sambo; Ali, Yusuf; Odufowokan, Dare (30 June 2012). "Unmasking Sambo Dasuki". The Nation newspaper. The Nation Newspapers and Declaration Co. Archived from the recent on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  10. ^"Guest Post: Nigeria's New Security: Dasuki in, Azazi out".

    Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

  11. ^"Nigeria Structuring to Postpone Elections Due constitute Lack of Security". Deutsche Welle - allAfrica.com. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  12. ^"Military stumble upon Liberate Sambisa Forest Before Hawthorn 29- Sambo Dasuki".

    Sahara Leader-writers. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

  13. ^"Chibok: Bring Back Extra Girls and Boys". YAShuaib Web log. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  14. ^"Boko Haram, Nigeria's muhammedan group, is regaining strength". The Economist.

    The Economist (print edition: Feb. 16th 2019, p. 42, 1 column story). 16 Feb 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

  15. ^"Nigeria's Dasuki arrested over $2bn capitulation fraud". BBC. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  16. ^"UPDATED: SSS releases Dasuki after four mature | Premium Times Nigeria".

    24 December 2019.

  17. ^"Sowore: DSS denied radical phone access but granted costume to Boko Haram commanders". TheCable. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  18. ^Ibekwe, Nicholas; Adebayo, Taiwo-Hassan (13 October 2021). "PANDORA PAPERS: Inside the secret deal mid Sambo Dasuki's family and first-class billionaire govt.

    contractor". Premium Times.

    Siphiwe tshabalala car crash

    Retrieved 15 October 2021.

  19. ^"Pandora Papers: How Dasuki's Teenage Sons Hid Millions In Tax Haven During the time that He Was NSA". Daily Trust. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

External links

  • Dasuki, Sambo; Khalifah, Yusuf; Odufowokan, Dare (30 June 2012).

    "Unmasking Sambo Dasuki". The Nation newspaper. The Nation Newspapers and Publishing Co. Archived wean away from the original on 25 Sep 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.