Dasukigate: Police foils planned protest by Dasuki family 

The Nigeria Police has foiled a planned protest by the family members of the former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki, who has been in the detention of the Department of Security Services (DSS) since the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015.

It was gathered that the family of the detained former NSA had planned to stage a public protest from the City Campus of the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, to Sokoto State Government House to express their discontentment over the continued detention of Sambo Dasuki in defiance of several court orders that granted him bail.

The Sokoto State Police Command was said to have initially regulated the protest, permitting the prospective protesters to limit their protest to the Government House premises before the order stopping the protest came late on Monday.

The family members were said to have declined comments over the controversy, but a source was said to have confirmed that the Police have stopped the protest.

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The Sokoto State Police Command was, however, said to have denied stopping the planned protest, saying the decision to stop the protest was a collective decision after an interactive session with the family members and the police.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed, had explained that the family met with the police hierarchy in the state and a collective decision was reached to stop the protest.

Sambo Dasuki is standing trial for allegedly diverting public funds worth N19.4 billion. He had been in detention since his arrest in 2015 in spite of being granted bail by the court on many occasions.