Drug Trafficking: NDLEA Exposes Abba Kyari’s Plan

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has alleged that embattled former head of the IGP Intelligence Response Team, DCP, Abba Kyari, was making attempts to escape from Nigeria.

Naija News reports that Kyari and his co-defendant, Sunday Ubia on Monday pleaded with the Federal High Court, Abuja to grant them bail.

The DCP and Ubia through their lawyer, Mahmud Magaji, told Justice Emeka Nwite that their offences are bailable.

He further stated that the constitution gave the court the discretionary power to grant his clients bail.

Counsel to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Joseph Sunday, however, opposed the bail application.

However, NDLEA claimed that Kyari planned to flee Nigeria to avoid facing punishment for his crimes.

The agency at the court hearing today urged the Federal High Court not to grant Kyari bail.

In a 21-paragraph counter-affidavit, the agency argued that Kyari would “escape and had the capacity to interfere with witnesses.”

The Director, Prosecution and Legal Services, Joseph Sunday, argued this while adopting the counter-affidavit before Justice Emeka White on Monday.

NDLEA had linked Kyari and four former members of the Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, to an international drug cartel.

The former IRT boss was caught alongside the four officers after they attempted to bribe an agent of the NDLEA with $61,000 to facilitate the release of seized cocaine.