The immediate past National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, was on Monday charged to court by the Department of State Services, DSS, for possession of firearmS without licence.

According to a statement issued by Tony Opuiyo for the DSS, the firearms were discovered in Dasuki’s Abuja residence when security agents carried out searches on his homes in Abuja and Sokoto.

The DSS said that the searches were “necessitated by credible intelligence which linked him to acts capable of undermining national security, adding that the exercise led to the recovery of large cache of arms and ammunition among other things.

“Consequently, on Monday 24th August, 2015, he was charged to court based on evidence so far obtained, but which relates to possession of fire arms without license punishable under section 27(i)(a)(i) of the Firearms Act Cap F28 LFN 2004,” the DSS statement read, adding that the public will be duly informed on how the case proceeds.