The N33.2bn fraud trial of former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), resumed on Tuesday at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, 10 years after it was first filed in 2015 under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Dasuki, alongside ex-NNPC General Manager Aminu Baba-Kusa and two companies—Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited—was re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 32 counts, including criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of funds. Justice Charles Agbaza, newly assigned to the case by FCT Chief Judge Hussein Baba-Yusuf, presided over the re-arraignment. The case was previously handled by Justice Baba-Yusuf. Dasuki was first arraigned on December 14, 2015, alongside ex-Director of Finance at the Office of the National Security Adviser, Shuaibu Salisu, on 19 charges related to a N15.5bn fraud. The charges were later amended, and Salisu’s name was removed. On May 11, 2018, Dasuki and others faced a re-arraignment on 32 amended counts, but the prosecution had only called one witness before the case was adjourned indefinitely. Apart from this case, the EFCC also filed another in 2015 (FCT/HC/CR/42/2015), involving Dasuki, ex-Minister of State for Finance Bashir Yuguda, former Sokoto Governor Attahiru Bafarawa, his son Sagir Bafarawa, and Dalhatu Investment Limited, over alleged misappropriation of N19.4bn. That case was later transferred to Justice Yusuf Halilu. The trial had suffered delays, mainly due to the Department of State Services' refusal to release Dasuki on bail, despite multiple court orders. At Tuesday’s proceedings, the defendants pleaded not guilty. Their lawyers, A.A. Usman and Richard Ibiye, requested that they continue on existing bail, a request the prosecution did not oppose. Justice Agbaza granted the request and adjourned the case to July 1, 2025, for further proceedings.