Nigeria, Dec. 9 -- The N4.6 billion arms procurement fraud trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki and his co-defendants stalled on Tuesday at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja due to the absence of a prosecution witness.

Mr Dasuki is standing trial in the 10-year-old case alongside former Sokoto State Governor Attahiru Bafarawa, his son Sagir Bafarawa, former Minister of State for Finance Bashir Yuguda, and Dalhatu Investment Limited.

Prosecution lawyer Rotimi Jacobs, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), told the judge that the second prosecution witness, Kazeem Yusuf, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigator, was unavailable due to bereavement.

Reflecting on the prolong...