Abuja, July 6, 2023 – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday granted N50 million bail to Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, for failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Two of his siblings were also charged along with him.
The NDLEA had filed a 24-count charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022 against Kyari and his two siblings – Mohammed Baba Kyari and Ali Kyari – in respect of which they were arraigned last month.
In a ruling on Thursday, Justice James Omotosho granted conditional bail to Abba Kyari at the sum of N50 million with two sureties in like sum.
Omotosho added that the sureties must have property worth N250 million within the court’s jurisdiction, among others.
The judge held that, even when Abba Kyari meets the bail conditions, the endorsement of his release warrant is subject to developments in a sister case in which he is being tried with four others on alleged involvement in dealing in illicit drugs.
He has been denied bail twice in the other cases pending before Justice Emeka Nwite, also of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
His two siblings had earlier been granted bail by Omotosho. (GBN)
