Alleged Asset declaration breach: Court admits Abba Kyari to N50m bail

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday admitted suspended DCP Abba Kyari to N50 million in a charge filed against him and two others by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

in which he and two of his siblings are accused of failing to declare assets to

Supreme News reports that the NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022 against Kyari and two of his siblings, Mohammed Baba Kyari and Ali Kyari, in respect of which they were arraigned last month.

Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, granted conditional bail to Abba Kyari at the sum of N50 million with two sureties in like sum.

Justice Omotosho also ordered that the sureties must have property worth N25 million each within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), among other conditions.

The judge held that even when Abba Kyari meets the bail conditions, the endorsement of his release warrant would be subject to developments in a sister case pending before Justice Emeka Nwite in which he is being tried with four others on an alleged drug deal.

Justice Omotosho said despite the Kuje Prison jailbreak by terrorists on July 5, 2022, Kyari refused to escape, and about 90 percent of the inmates escaped freely.

The judge said that the anti-narcotic agency did not contradict the argument.

He said the failure to counter the submission was an admission by the NDLEA.

Besides, Omotosho held that the offense with which he was being charged was a bailable one.

NAN reports that Kyari had been denied bail twice in the other case pending before Justice Nwite.

His two siblings were earlier granted bail by Justice Omotosho.