Lagos, July 6, 2023 – Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, has been granted bail by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
The Federal High Court had dismissed an application filed by Kyari, seeking an order dismissing the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s charge against him.
The appeal sought the reversal of an earlier ruling of a Federal High Court in FCT which refused to grant his request for bail.
Kyari had spent one year in detention before his release by the Federal High Court in the Nigerian capital.
One of his lawyers, Hamza N. Dantani, shared the news of the court granting Kyari bail on the money laundering charges on his Facebook page earlier on Thursday.
“Alhamudullhi! Abba Kyari’s Bail Granted by Federal High Court Abuja today,” the post read.
Kyari’s trial had centred around the $61,400 cash and 25kg parcel of cocaine seized as evidence and believed to have been used as bribe to influence operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
According to the NDLEA, Kyari allegedly attempted to bribe a senior agency officer with $61,400 at a restaurant in Abuja to prevent testing a portion of the seized cocaine connected to two individuals arrested for drug pushing.
