Nigeria, Oct. 23 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday rejected key exhibits the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presented to prove its N33.2billion fraud charges against former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki and his co-defendant.

The rejected exhibits were seven extra-judicial statements attributed to Mr Dasuki's co-defendant, Aminu Baba-Kusa. The EFCC took the statements when Mr Baba-Kusa was in its custody in 2015.

Trial judge Charles Agbaza rejected the seven extra-judicial statements in a ruling it delivered after nearly eight months of a trial-within-trial that focussed on the admissibility of the statements.

Mr Agbaza ruled that the statements "failed to comp...