Breaking: High Court Grants Abba Kyari N50 Million Bail
- Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari a N50 million bail
- Kyari, who was arrested in February 2022, was accused of failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
- Kyari, who had been in confinement since 2022, was said to be "a member of a cartel that operates the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit substance pipeline"
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FCT, Abuja - Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, July 6, granted bail at N50 million to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, in a charge in which he and two of his siblings are accused of failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The NDLEA had filed the 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 in June 2023.
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After roughly 17 months in custody, Abba Kyari finally granted bail
In a ruling, Justice James Omotosho granted conditional bail to Abba Kyari at the sum of N50 million with two sureties in like sum, The Nation reported.
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Justice Omotosho added that the sureties must have property worth N250 million within jurisdiction, among other conditions, Vanguard also reported.
Hamza Dantani, one of the suspended police officer's lawyers, confirmed the development via a Facebook post.
He wrote:
"Alhamdulillah! Abba Kyari's Bail Granted by Federal High Court Abuja today."
At the court, Justice Omotosho 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 substances.
He has been denied bail twice in the other case pending before Justice Emeka Nwite, also of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
His two siblings were earlier granted bail by Justice Omotosho.
Abba Kyari reveals those behind alleged plot to destroy him
In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that Abba Kyari, the suspended deputy commissioner of police, alleged that members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) were behind his travails.
The embattled senior police officer made this claim when he appeared before a probe panel led by Joseph Egbunike, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Tension as Abba Kyari reportedly escapes murder in prison
Legit.ng also reported that Kyari nearly got murdered by aggrieved inmates, who accused him of insincerity in bribe-for-release deals when he was in active service.
The report stated that internal documents and officials said the attack happened on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, months after Kyari was remanded following his ongoing trial for drug-related offences.
Source: Legit.ng
