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Court grants NDLEA permission to detain DCP Kyari’s alleged accomplices for 14 days
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday granted an application from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seeking to detain two people named and arrested in connection to alleged drug deals involving a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.
Justice Zainab Abubakar gave the order for the detention of Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus for 14 days in the NDLEA facility in Abuja pending investigation.
The Director, Prosecution and Legal Services of the NDLEA, Joseph Sunday moved an ex-parte application to that effect.
The Deputy Force Public Relations Officer (DFPRO), Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a recent statement, disclosed that the two suspects were arrested at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, on Jan. 19.
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Adejobi who described the two as “international drug couriers” said they were arrested on their arrival from Addis Ababa “aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight ET917.”
“The arrest led to the recovery of substantial quantity of powdery substance suspected to be cocaine from the two narcotic couriers.
“The operation which was intelligence-driven,was undertaken by a Unit of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT),” he added.
Adejobi said the case and the two suspects were subsequently transferred to the NDLEA on Jan. 25.
By: Oluwatobi Odeyinka
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