Colonel Nicholas Ashinze, the former Military Assistant to Former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki was released by 2pm Wednesday afternoon by The Federal Government.
After spending exactly three months in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice Yusuf Haliru,In
his judgment, had ordered the anti-graft agency
and the army to immediately release the applicant on self-recognition,
saying his detention for over three months without trial, was “illegal,
wrongful, unlawful and constituted a blatant violation of the
fundamental rights of the applicant.”
The court also ordered immediate release of documents and items the anti-graft agency seized from the house of the applicant.
Colonel
Ashinze has been in detention since December 23, 2015.
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