SUSPENDED DCP Abba Kyari has been granted a bail in a charge in which he and two of his siblings are accused of failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency – NDLEA.
Justice James Omotosho of Federal High Court, Abuja granted Kyari a N50m bail with two sureties in like sum.
The NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge against Kyari and his two siblings – Mohammed Kyari and Ali Kyari, and they were arraigned in June.
The sureties, according to the judge must have property worth N25m within the Federal Capital Territory, among other conditions.
Justice James Omotosho held that, even when Kyari meets the bail conditions, the endorsement of his release warrant is subject to developments in a sister case before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja, in which he is being tried with four others on alleged involvement in dealing illicit drugs.
The judge said despite the Kuje Prison jailbreak by terrorists on July 5, 2022, Kyari refused to escape where about 90 per cent of the inmates escaped freely.
He said all the allegations are bailable, adding thatKyari is not a flight risk.
Justice Omotosho said that the anti-narcotic agency did not contradict the argument.
The judge said failure to counter the submission was an admission by the NDLEA.
Besides, Justice Omotosho held that the offence with which he was being charged was a bailable one.
His two siblings were earlier granted bail by Justice Omotosho.
