DCP Kyari sues Nigerian govt over continued detention by NDLEA

A Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari who is being detained by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has taken the matter to court in efforts to regain his freedom.

Kyari was arrested and handed over to the NDLEA in connection to a drug deal, and had been in the custody of the agency for about three days.

He has however approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, asking the court to order his immediate release or to be granted bail.

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In the ex-parte motion he filed through his lawyer, Mrs. P. O. Ikenna, she prayed to the court to compel the NDLEA to grant him bail on health ground, pending the hearing and determination of his fundamental right enforcement application. “His health has deteriorated badly,” she added.

The counsel argued that the suspended DCP was being held “on the basis of a false allegation that was levelled against him”, adding that he was suffering from diabetes and hypertension and needed urgent medical attention.

Kyari who was once celebrated as a “Super cop” was arrested on February 14, 2022, by the NDLEA which alleged that he belonged to a drug cartel that operates the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit drug pipeline

By: Oluwatobi Odeyinka

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