Court Of Appeal Dismissed DCP Kyari's Bail Bid

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal today dismissed the bail application instituted by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari.

It would be recalled that the appellant sought the reversal of an earlier ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja, which refused to grant his request for bail.

In a unanimous judgment of a three-man panel read by Justice Stephen Adah, the appellate court which declared that Kyari's appeal was without merit held that given the nature of the charges pending against Kyari and others before the trial court, such requests for bail needed to be handled with caution.

He held that Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who earlier rejected bail to Kyari, appropriately exercised his discretion in refusing to grant Kyari bail.

The suspended Kyari, who is a former head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, is facing prosecution by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

He and four members of the IRT – ACP Sunday J. Ubua, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu were charged before a Federal High Court in Abuja with conspiracy to deal in 17.55 kg of cocaine.

They were also charged with dealing in cocaine without lawful authority; conspiracy to tamper with cocaine and unlawfully tampering with the 21.35 kg of cocaine seized from two convicted drug dealers.

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