Suspended DCP Abba Kyari Released After 27 Months In Detention

The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has been discharged from the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja after spending 27 months in detention.

While confirming the development, Spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service of the Federal Capital Territory Command, Adamu Duza, said Kyari had been released on Friday after meeting his bail conditions.

,,,,,,Duza said, “DCP Kyari has perfected his bail conditions, and has since been released today.”

It would be recalled that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja last week gave Kyari, a former Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, two weeks’ bail to conclude his mother’s burial rites.

The temporary bail was granted by the court to allow Abba Kyari to pay his respects to his mother, Yachilla Kyari, who died on Sunday, May 5, 2024.

_____”””The court fixed Friday, May 31, for the determination of his bail application in the trial over drug-related charges filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following his arrest over two years ago.

Kyari and four members of the IRT were charged with conspiracy to deal in 17.55kg of cocaine. They were also charged with dealing in cocaine without lawful authority; conspiracy to tamper with cocaine and unlawfully tampering with the 21.35kg of cocaine seized from two convicted drug dealers.

It should be recalled that two suspected drug traffickers, Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne, who were arrested at Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, implicated Kyari in the drug cartel.

____”:::::The NDLEA charged with Kyari and other criminal members of IRT who were in the same business. While DCP Kyari pleaded not guilty, Umeibe and Ezenwanne pleaded guilty and were convicted.

_______He has been repeatedly denied bail until a recent decision by a Federal High Court in Abuja following the death of his mother.