Abuja, Feb. 24, 2023 – The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by Abba Kyari, a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, seeking reversal of an earlier ruling by a High Court in Abuja refusing his bail.
Justice Stephen Adah read the unanimous judgment of the three-member panel which held that Kyari’s appeal was without merit.
He said that Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who had earlier rejected the bail application to Kyari exercised his discretion in refusing to grant Kyari bail.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is prosecuting Kyari, a former Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force, and four members of the IRT, ACP Sunday J. Ubua, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu, before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
They were charged with conspiracy to deal in 17.55kg of cocaine, dealing in cocaine without lawful authority, conspiracy to tamper with cocaine and unlawfully tampering with the 21.35kg of cocaine seized from two convicted drug dealers. (GBN)
