The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja after spending 27 months in detention.
He was detained following his arrest on February 14, 2022, by the NDLEA for alleged involvement with an international drug cartel.
Kyari, along with four members of the Police Intelligence Response Team—Sunday Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba, and John Nuhu was arraigned on March 7, 2022.
Two suspected drug traffickers, Emeka Ezenwanne andChibunna Umeibe, who were arrested at Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, were also charged.
While Kyari and the IRT members pleaded not guilty, Umeibe and Ezenwanne pleaded guilty and were convicted.
After multiple denied request for bail, Judge Emeka Nwite, on May 22 2024 granted Kyari bail to allow him to conclude the burial rites of his mother, Yachilla Kyari, who died on the 5th of May.
Part of his bail conditions, Kyari was required to deposit his passport with the court and report to the nearest NDLEA office during the bail period.
The court scheduled May 31, 2024, for the hearing on Kyari’s main application for bail about the trafficking charges.
Duza said, “DCP Kyari has perfected his bail conditions, and has since been released today.”
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