chukwudi44:
You charge a retired army Colonel and someone who was NSA barely 48 hours after leaving office for illegal possession of firearms!!! how dumb can a government get. Even a 100 level law student will have this case thrown out

It's unfortunate that a lot of Nigerians are ignorant of gun laws in Nigeria. Lots of people think that as a soldier, you can just walk into a gun shop and buy arms. I remember a serving Colonel once told me that even a serving General has no legal right to possess unlicensed arms, but most of his colleagues now possess unlicensed arms because nobody will question them if found with a gun since they are soldiers. Anyway, the DSS is not ignorant of the law regarding possession of arms in Nigeria (Dasuki himself knows that the law forbids him from possessing the kind of arms found with him), that's why they have charged him.

hassan85:
you always talk like an educated illiterate. yes he was charged. y didn't he indicate it on the handover note? use ur brain

My brother, he couldn't even have indicated it because he has no right to possess such arms even if he is a serving general. The notion that he has the right to posses those weapons because he was a soldier is premised on the wrong belief by most Nigerians that soldiers have the right to buy and own guns, while civilians are forbidden. Most Nigerians don't even know that some of the assault rifles they see with soldiers on duty are not the personal possessions of those soldiers, and must be submitted as soon as the duty is over.

Ezenwammadu:
Any reasonable judge or even a lazy one will strike out this suit for being a big joke

Why, please explain

MrMcJay:


As a retired Colonel, Dasuki is now a civilian therefore, it is criminal for him to be found in possession of a rifle.

You are correct, but even if he is still serving and not retired, possessing the calibre of weapons found with him is still unlawful. A serving Colonel once told me that many of his colleagues possess unlicensed pistols, not because it is legitimate, but simply because no policeman will question them if found with it.

INTROVERT:
I don't know about you guys but I would have loved to see some pics of him "drowning his face in pages of the newspaper"

If you have seen Biggie's Get Money video. The court intro scene with biggie picking his nails as lawyers argue over bull then thats how Dasuki appeared.

jiorhemen:


It's unfortunate that a lot of Nigerians are ignorant of gun laws in Nigeria. Lots of people think that as a soldier, you can just walk into a gun shop and buy arms. I remember a serving Colonel once told me that even a serving General has no legal right to possess unlicensed arms, but most of his colleagues now possess unlicensed arms because nobody will question them if found with a gun since they are soldiers. Anyway, the DSS is not ignorant of the law regarding possession of arms in Nigeria (Dasuki himself knows that the law forbids him from possessing the kind of arms found with him), that's why they have charged him.

Dasuki is not only an army Colonel but was also the NSA responsible for fighting the dreaded book haram sect less than 48 hours before the DSS invasion of his home!! Yopu expect him to protect his home with biscuits against book haram?

chukwudi44:


Dasuki is not only an army Colonel but was also the NSA responsible for fighting the dreaded book haram sect less than 48 hours before the DSS invasion of his home!! Yopu expect him to protect his home with biscuits against book haram?

The offence is a strict-liability offence. It doesn't look at why, it simply states "anyone".
If you present statement of yours during his trial, you have done the job of the prosecution and Dasuki is gonna be out of circulation for a long time.

I just hope his lawyers are of a more intelligent stock than you are.

chukwudi44:
You charge a retired army Colonel and someone who was NSA barely 48 hours after leaving office for illegal possession of firearms!!! how dumb can a government get. Even a 100 level law student will have this case thrown out

lol,

MrMcJay:


The offence is a strict-liability offence. It doesn't look at why, it simply states "anyone".
If you present statement of yours during his trial, you have done the job of the prosecution and Dasuki is gonna be out of circulation for a long time.

I just hope his lawyers are of a more intelligent stock than you are.

Dasuki as a retired col is well trained to handle fire arms, his former position as the NSA makes him a BH bulls eye as such he is entitled to some protection, it is upto him to decide whether he wants to do it himself or allow Govt agencies to do it for him.
The Govt can not love Dasuki more than himself.

Secondly, Dasuki has both military and DSS attachee to his residence, where are they supposed to store their Ammo if not Dasuki's house?

Dasuki will wriggle out with an intelligence report that will shock the judge, EFCC is just fooling around.

chukwudi44:
You charge a retired army Colonel and someone who was NSA barely 48 hours after leaving office for illegal possession of firearms!!! how dumb can a government get. Even a 100 level law student will have this case thrown out

is dansuki above the law?who gives a f*ck if he was the commandant of the world army,are u saying he is above the law?..with this mentality of yours,its obvious ur offsprings will be bowing to dansuki's in the future..

chukwudi44:


Dasuki is not only an army Colonel but was also the NSA responsible for fighting the dreaded book haram sect less than 48 hours before the DSS invasion of his home!! Yopu expect him to protect his home with biscuits against book haram?

typical mentality of poverty stricken nigerian...he was the NSA so he shld acquire any type/number of arms he wants,why does he have soldiers attached to him since he can protect himself?.even u're not,just pretend to be a literate....

chukwudi44:


Dasuki is not only an army Colonel but was also the NSA responsible for fighting the dreaded book haram sect less than 48 hours before the DSS invasion of his home!! Yopu expect him to protect his home with biscuits against book haram?

He was the NSA, ok. NSA is even small, even if he was the commander-in-chief, no law in Nigeria gives him the power to possess assault rifles without license. I don't want to believe you are ignorant of this. Even some uneducated folks know that to possess guns in Nigeria requires permit, so it baffles me why a literate person like you is saying this. Anyway, I think you are deliberately making this argument for a particular reason, I don't think you are ignorant of this fact. Even the President of the US does not keep the guns for his protection in his house. There are security forces who do that. Even as NSA, Dasuki had people protecting him and they were armed. Till this moment, he still has armed soldiers guarding his house.

fineguy11:
typical mentality of poverty stricken nigerian...he was the NSA so he shld acquire any type/number of arms he wants,why does he have soldiers attached to him since he can protect himself?.even u're not,just pretend to be a literate....

On point

What is my business here, north killing north

jiorhemen:


He was the NSA, ok. NSA is even small, even if he was the commander-in-chief, no law in Nigeria gives him the power to possess assault rifles without license. I don't want to believe you are ignorant of this. Even some uneducated folks know that to possess guns in Nigeria requires permit, so it baffles me why a literate person like you is saying this. Anyway, I think you are deliberately making this argument for a particular reason, I don't think you are ignorant of this fact. Even the President of the US does not keep the guns for his protection in his house. There are security forces who do that. Even as NSA, Dasuki had people protecting him and they were armed. Till this moment, he still has armed soldiers guarding his house.

We are yet to confirm the guns are indeed unlicensed!! That is what the courts are there for

chukwudi44:

We are yet to confirm the guns are indeed unlicensed!! That is what the courts are there for

Well, the courts will decide as you have said. But the fact is that no regulatory body in Nigeria licenses assault rifles to individuals. If there is any Nigerian who knows this fact, it is Dasuki himself.