THE Appeal Court in Abuja on Thursday, July 18, dismissed an application filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari requesting that the unlawful drug deal charge against him be dropped. A three-member panel of justices dismissed Kyari’s appeal, marked: CA/ABJ/CR/516/2023 for being unmeritorious. Justice Adebukola Banjoko, who led the panel, held …
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Abba Kyari Returns To Prison Alleged Over Drug Deals
Abba Kyari, the suspended deputy commissioner of police who was granted a three-week bail to bury his mother, is back in prison for alleged drug deals. The federal high court sitting in Abuja denied him bail after the expiration of the temporary bail. Justice Emeka Nwite in his ruling held …
Read More »Abba Kyari Is Not A Drug Baron And Not Member Of Any Drug Cartel
By Barr Suleiman Shehu Abba Kyari is not a drug baron and not member of any drug cartel, by Barr Suleiman Shehu Abba Kyari is not a drug baron or drug dealer. He has never imported any drugs to Nigeria or dealt with any drugs to any country. The NDLEA …
Read More »Abba Kyari: Crime Fighting And The Need To Curtail Disturbing Incidences Of Crime In The Country
By Hajia Hadiza Mohammed After the last essay I wrote on Abba Kyari, entitled, “Abba Kyari: Revisiting the Case of a Super Cop”, a number of people called me to ask about my interest and relationship with Mr. Abba Kyari. And I told them that I have no interest other …
Read More »Abba Kyari Granted Bail After 18 Months In Prison
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. The embattled cop was on Thursday granted bail by Justice Kolawole Omotosho after 18 months in detention. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency had declared Kyari wanted over his alleged involvement …
Read More »JUST IN: Court Holds Abba Kyari’s Trial Behind Closed Doors
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday resumed proceedings in the trial of suspended DCP Abba Kyari and three others behind closed doors. Justice Emeka Nwite ordered journalists, lawyers in other cases and other litigants who were present to exit the courtroom before the commencement of proceedings. Before …
Read More »Dangote, Elumelu Laud NNPC’s Performance Under Kyari
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd has been commended for great performance by eminent businessmen and entrepreneurs, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mr. Tony Elumelu. According to Dangote, Africa’s richest man and chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, by its sterling performance under its group chief executive Officer, Mele Kyari, NNPC …
Read More »EXPOSED! FG Uncovers Shopping Malls, Residential Estate, Lands, 11 Other Mega Assets Belonging To Abba Kyari
Over N207m and Є17,598 discovered in his bank accounts The Federal Government has uncovered 14 assets, including shopping malls, a residential estate, a polo playground, lands, and farmland belonging to a former commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police. Kyari was said to have failed to …
Read More »My Life At Risk Sharing Same Detention With Criminals – Abba Kyari
Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari says he is not safe being in detention with members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN), who he described as criminals. Kyari disclosed this through his lawyer, Nureini Jimoh, while asking the Federal High Court in …
Read More »Hushpuppi: AGF, Malami Cautions Court Against Granting Bail To DCP Abba Kyari
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami has cautioned a Federal High Court in Abuja against granting bail to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari in his ongoing extradition proceedings, The Nation reports. The AGF’s position is contained in a counter-affidavit he filed in opposition to …
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