Sneha Girap (Editor)

Sambo Dasuki

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Preceded by
  
Gen. O.A. Azazi

Service/branch
  
Allegiance
  
Nigeria

Rank
  
Name
  
Sambo Dasuki


Sambo Dasuki wwwbellanaijacomwpcontentuploads201511Dasu

Similar People
  
Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan, Bukola Saraki, Ibrahim Lamorde, Owoye Andrew Azazi

Succeeded by
  
Maj-Gen. M.B. Monguno

Sambo dasuki free our hero sambo dasuki


Sambo Dasuki (born December 2, 1954) is a retired Nigerian Army Colonel and former National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President of Nigeria. He was appointed NSA on June 22, 2012 following the removal of General Owoye Andrew Azazi.

Contents

Sambo Dasuki wwwngrguardiannewscomwpcontentuploads201501

News 10 fmr nsa boss sambo dasuki nabbed again 01 12 15 pt 1


Early life and education

Sambo Dasuki Accused of stealing billions Why former National Security Adviser

Dasuki was born on December 2, 1954 in Wusasa, Zaria, Kaduna State, to Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, the 18th Sultan of Sokoto and is the first son of the deposed sultan. Dasuki attended Kaduna Capital School for his elementary education and later Government College, Kaduna, for his secondary education. He entered the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1972 and was coursemate with officers such as Colonel Kayode Are, General Owoye Andrew Azazi, and Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye. Dasuki received his commission from the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1974 and was posted to an Army Headquarters platoon.

Coup d'état participation

Sambo Dasuki 20 Things Nigerians Should Know About Dasuki Sambo with Photos

Sambo Dasuki (then a Major) and military assistant to General Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi participated in the 1983 Nigerian coup d'état that installed Major General Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria's Head of State. Later, Dasuki was among four majors (Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, Lawan Gwadabe, and Abdulmumini Aminu) who arrested the Nigerian head of state Muhammadu Buhari in the 1985 palace coup led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida. Following the coup, Dasuki was made Aide-de-camp (ADC) to General Ibrahim Babangida.

Career

Sambo Dasuki Dasuki How ExNSA other military chiefs looted 21bn arms fund

Dasuki was also a former managing director of Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited (NSPMC). He resigned in protest from the NSPMC following its controversial privatisation by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

National Security Adviser

Sambo Dasuki SSS operatives surround exNSA Sambo Dasukis houses Premium Times

In early 2015, while serving as national security advisor, Dasuki informed the Independent National Electoral Commission "that operations against Boko Haram militants meant the military "will be unable to provide adequate security" for the upcoming 2015 Nigerian general election. The elections, scheduled for 15 February 2015, were postponed until March 28.

Sambo Dasuki Sambo Dasuki declined offer to attend fathers burial FG Punch

Also in April 2015, he insisted that the Nigerian military would ensure that Sambisa Forest, the last fortress of Boko Haram, would be liberated before the May 29 inauguration of President Buhari's new government.

Sambo Dasuki Nigerian ExSecurity Chief Arrested for Alleged Theft of 2bn From

Coincidentally, on the one year anniversary of the abduction of Chibok school girls, Dasuki insisted that government was concerned about the welfare of every single Nigerian not only the Chibok girls, as terrorists abducted other innocent Nigerian girls, boys, men, and women and security agencies were making all efforts to rescue them. The military rescued more than 300 abductees a few weeks afterwards.

Alleged fraudulent activities

On December 1, 2015, Dasuki was arrested by Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) for allegedly stealing $2bn and accused of awarding phantom contracts to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets, and ammunition meant for the Nigeria's military campaign against Boko Haram Islamist militants.

References

Sambo Dasuki Wikipedia


Similar Topics