DCP Abba Kyari
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday prayed a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to refuse the bail application filed by the suspended Deputy Police Commissioner Abba Kyari on the ground that he is planning to escape from Nigeria to avoid facing punishment for his crimes.
This was contained in a 21-paragraph counter-affidavit filed by the NDLEA against the bail application of DCP Kyari.
In it, yhe agency argued that Kyari would “escape and had the capacity to interfere with witnesses” if granted bail by the court.
The Director, Prosecution and Legal Services of the NDLEA, Joseph Sunday, made the submission while adopting the counter-affidavit to the bail application filed by the former Head of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force and his codefendants.
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Counsel to Kyari in the eight-count charge slammed against him and his codefendants, Mahmud Magaji (SAN), had earlier prayed the court to admit his clients to bail in the interest of justice, saying that the offences for which they were charged were bailable offences.
After taking arguments for and against the bail application, the trial Judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, adjourned till March 28 to rule on the application and ordered that the defendants be further remanded in the custody of the NDLEA.
The Federal Government, through the NDLEA, arraigned Kyari, three police officers and two civilians on an eight-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obstruction and dealing in cocaine and other related offences.
While Kyari and three other defendants: ACP Sunday Ubua, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agirigba, Inspector John Nuhu, who are Police Officers, pleaded not guilty to the eight counts charge, the two civilians: Chibuinna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne, pleaded guilty to the three charges to which they were involved.
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