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DCP Kyari Released from Prison

After 27 months in prison custody, suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory.

Kyari was arrested and detained on February 14, 2022, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for alleged involvement with an international drug cartel.

Kyari was arraigned on March 7, 2022 alongside four members of the Police Intelligence Response Team—Sunday Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba, and John Nuhu.

Two suspected drug traffickers, Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne, who were arrested at Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, were also charged.

Kyari and the IRT members pleaded not guilty, but Umeibe and Ezenwanne pleaded guilty and were convicted.

Kyari was repeatedly denied several bail requests, until a recent decision by a Federal High Court in Abuja.

On May 22, 2024, Judge Emeka Nwite, granted Kyari bail for him to conclude the burial rites of his mother, Yachilla Kyari, who died on May 5.

Kyari was asked to deposit his passport with the court and report to the nearest NDLEA office during the bail period as among his bail condition.

Yesterday was slated for the hearing on Kyari’s main application for bail about the drug trafficking charges.

Based on information received from the spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service of the FCT, Adamu Duza, last night, Kyari perfected his bail conditions and has been released yesterday.

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