An Abuja court Monday refused to orderthe National Drug Law EnforcementAgency (NDLEA) to release Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner in the Nigerian police arrested for alleged drug trafficking.
Kyari was arrested last week by the police and handed over to the NDLEA hours after he was declared wanted by the agency.
Kyari was arrested last week by the police and handed over to the NDLEA hours after he was declared wanted by the agency.
Kyari, already suspended from the policeOver his alleged involvement in a fraudcase, took the NDLEA took to court over his detention.
In the suit marked FHCIABJ/CS/182/22,Kyari sought an order of the court toimmediately release him or alternativelygrant him bail.
But Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of theFederal High Court in Abuja declined togrant the plea in a motion ex-parte brought by Kyari’s Lawyer, C. O. Ikena.
The judge ordered that the respondent,National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), be put on notice.
