The Director of Public Prosecution of the Fed­eration (DPPF) Mr Mo­hammed Diri, who filed the application, argued that Dasuki was wrong in law by staying away from court for three consecu­tive times when his suit came up. He cited section 266 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 as a law that makes pres­ence of Dasuki mandatory in court at all times. However, delivering ruling in the application yesterday, Justice Adeniyi Ademola dismissed it for being frivolous, unwar­ranted and lacking in merit. Justice Ademola agreed with counsel to Dasuki, Mr Joseph Daudu (SAN) that the law was turned upside down by the fed­eral government counsel for no just cause. The Judge, who read out the section of the Ad­ministration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 held that the law was so clear that the presence of an accused person can be dispensed with in court during interlocutory ap­plications. He agreed that since only interlocutory appli­cations were being argued in court presently, the presence of Dasuki was not mandatory for now. The former NSA had filed an application be­fore the Judge to permit his absence in court for now in view of the al­leged threat to his life in the hands of operatives of the government security agents. Meanwhile, hearing in another application filed by the federal govern­ment seeking court order to revoke the bail earlier granted Dasuki has been fixed for December 3.]]>