The Federal Government on Tuesday said that it offered the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), a chance to attend his father’s burial yesterday, but he (Dasuki) rejected.
Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, the 18th Sultan of Sokoto, the great-grandson of Uthman Danfodio and the father of Sambo Dasuki, died on Monday evening at age 93.
Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, a former Sultan of Sokoto, who ruled from 6 November 1988 to 20 April 1996 as the 18th Sultan
His son (Sambo Dasuki) who is under the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS) did not attend his burial, even when he was offered the opportunity to attend by the Federal Government.
According to the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, who spoke on DW Radio Hausa, he said that;
“Even when the late Sultan was in the hospital he was allowed to go and visit him but he rejected”
“He was also asked to attend his father’s burial and stay with his family for some time, the same Dasuki (Sambo) rejected,” he added.
An undisclosed source who is close to Sambo Dasuki confirmed that he truly rejected the offer to attend his father’s burial.
He however added that the offer from the Federal Government was a plan to humiliate Dasuki and treat him like a criminal in front of his people.
Since Sambo Dasuki knew what the federal government planned against him, he rejected the offer.
“They were going to chain him, put him in a security vehicle with several security vans and make him appear like a criminal to his people,” the source who spoke to Premium Times said.
“He asked them to allow him enjoy the bail that he was granted by the courts, instead of posturing that they were doing him a favour,” the source said.
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