Breaking: After 27 Months in Detention, Court Grants Abba Kyari two weeks Bail

Former commander of Force Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, has been granted a two-week bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja after spending 27 months in detention.

During this time, Kyari will be able to return home and fulfill his mother’s burial rites.

The court has scheduled Friday, May 31, to determine his bail application in the trial concerning drug-related charges filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Kyari was arrested over two years ago on February 14, 2022.

It is worth noting that his mother passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2024, and she is survived by 10 children, including Abba, who is her eldest son.

Although Abba Kyari was unable to attend his mother’s burial, the people of Borno State showed their respect by turning out in large numbers.

Yachilla was laid to rest on the same day, following Islamic rites.

In 2022, the Police Service Commission suspended Kyari, along with two senior police officers, Sunday Ubua and James Bawa, who were implicated in a cocaine deal involving the suspended deputy commissioner of police.

“The Police Service Commission has suspended assistant commissioner of police, ACP Sunday Ubua and assistant superintendent of police, ASP James Bawa from the exercise of the powers and functions of their respective Offices with effect from Monday, 14th February 2022,” the PSC said in a statement.

The NDLEA had also declared Kyari wanted over alleged links with an international drug cartel.

Femi Babalola, spokesperson for the NDLEA, alleged that Kyari and his Intelligence Response Team arrested some drug traffickers who arrived in the country from Ethiopia with 25kg of cocaine but took 15kg of the seized substance for themselves.