Suspended CP, Abba Kyari has regained a temporal freedom as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted him a N50m bail.
Kyari was charged alongside his two siblings by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA for failing to declare assets to it, with the agency subsequently filing a 24-count charge against Kyari and his brothers, Mohammed Baba Kyari and Ali Kyari.
Kyari is also being charged for cocaine trafficking, having being earlier denied bail over this.
Abba Kyari's lawyer, Hamza N. Dantani, while sharing the news of the court granting Kyari bail on Thursday, July 6, wrote on his Facebook page:
”Alhamudullhi! Abba Kyari’s Bail Granted by Federal High Court Abuja today.”
Justice James Omotosho while granting Kyari the conditional bail, added that his sureties must have property worth N25m within the court's jurisdiction, among other conditions.
It would be recalled that Kyari was in February 14, 2022 arrested and detained after being declared wanted by NDLEA over alleged drug links.
He was accused of using $61,400 in cash and 25kg parcel of cocaine seized as evidence he allegedly used as bribe to influence operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The NDLEA had accused Kyari of attempting to bribe a senior agency officer with $61,400 at a restaurant in Abuja to prevent testing a portion of the seized cocaine connected to two individuals arrested for drug trafficking.
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