{"id":978,"date":"2022-02-28T11:21:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T11:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2022\/02\/28\/high-court-refuses-to-grant-embattled-dcp-abba-kyari-bail\/"},"modified":"2022-02-28T11:21:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T11:21:22","slug":"high-court-refuses-to-grant-embattled-dcp-abba-kyari-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2022\/02\/28\/high-court-refuses-to-grant-embattled-dcp-abba-kyari-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"High Court Refuses To Grant Embattled DCP, Abba Kyari Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>The hope of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari of getting his bail application treated fairly has been dashed by the Federal High Court on Monday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, said the application had been overtaken by events following an order of a sister court, granting the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)\u2019s prayers to detain Kyari for another 14 days to enable it conclude its investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Justice Ekwo held that the sister court, which gave the order in favour of NDLEA on Feb. 22, was a court of coordinate jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The judge, however, said he was inclined to hear Kyari\u2019s fundamental enforcement rights suit with the urgency it deserves after the expiration of the 14-day court order.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He then adjourned until March 15 to hear Kyari\u2019s application to demand for his fundamental right enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Justice Zainab Abubakar of FHC sitting in Abuja had granted the agency\u2019s application to have Kyari and others suspects linked to the alleged drug trafficking detained for 14 more days to complete its investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kyari, through his lawyer, had, on Feb. 21, approached the court with an ex-parte motion and originating summons seeking bail and asking the court to enforce his fundamental human rights which he alleged had been breached by unlawful arrest and detention.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kyari, in the main suit, urged the court to make an order directing the NDLEA to pay him N500 million for infringing on his rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also asked the court to direct the agency to tender a public apology in national dailies.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Justice Ekwo had fixed today for hearing the bail application and directed Kyari\u2019s lawyer to put NDLEA on notice and serve the agency with the hearing notice<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team ,IRT of the Nigeria Police Force have smashed a syndicate that specialized in illicit sales of explosives and ammunition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.5) - 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