A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the erstwhile Commander of Force Intelligence Response Team, IRT, DCP, Abba Kyari two weeks bail from Kuje correctional custody. Accordingly, the court disclosed that the two-week bail granted is to allow Kyari travel to his hometown, Maiduguri and conclude his mother’s burial rites. This is as the court has subsequently set Friday, May 31, 2024 as a date for the determination of his bail application before the court.
Kyari is facing trial for drug-related charges filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA last two years against him.
He was arrested on February 14, 2022, by the NDLEA where the court subsequently directed he remain at Kuje correctional centre.