Contrary to the insinuation in some quarters that retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki was not allowed to mourn his late father, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, who died Monday night at the Turkish Hospital in Abuja, the Federal Government disclosed in Sokoto on Tuesday that the former National Security Adviser actually declined its offer in that regard.
Disclosing this shortly after the burial of the late monarch, the Minister of Interior, Abdurrahman Dambazau, told newsmen at the Sultan’s palace that Dasuki turned down the offer.
According to the Minister: “In my capacity as the Minister of Interior, I asked the Director General of the Department of State Services on the possibility of allowing Sambo Dasuki to, first of all, see his father at the hospital when he was brought on Monday, but I was informed that he declined the offer.
“Again, when I learnt about the death of the late Sultan Dasuki, I asked, this time around, he could be allowed to come and join his brothers and sisters in mourning their father, but I was informed that Sambo had also declined the offer.”
Dambazau said it was the best the Federal Government could do.
He said: “You can see that we did what is within our power.
“He had the option to agree to join his siblings or decline.
“He chose the latter.
“We could not force him.”
Dasuki, who was arrested by the DSS last year, is undergoing trial for allegedly diverting funds meant for the purchase of weapons to fight insurgency in North East Nigeria.
Recently, the Nigerian Bar Association and Civil Society Organisations across the country have called for the release of the former NSA in compliance with several orders.
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