ABBA KYARI’s Court Order, others to defend themselves on drug accusations

Judge Emeka Nwite from the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered a suspended head from the Inspector General of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Abba Kyari, and his fellow defendants to enter their defense in the accusation is preferred by them by the National Law Enforcement Agency (Ndlea).

Judge Emeka Nwite, in a separate decision regarding the application of submission without their case, stated that the Prima Facie case had been made against Kyari and other police officers on the accusation.

Kyari was arrested on February 14, 2022, after Ndlea stated she wanted to alleged relations with international drug cartels.

SUPERCOP AND FOUR MEMBERS OF IRT – ACP Sunday J. Ubua, ASP Bring James, Insp. Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu were prosecuted on conspiracy accusations to handle 17.55kg cocaine.

They were also accused of dealing with cocaine without legal authority; The conspiracy to damage cocaine, and illegally disrupted 21.35kg cocaine confiscated from two drug dealers who were punished.

On March 7, 2022, Kyari and others were charged with Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne, two drug dealers who were arrested at the International Airport of Ibiam, Enugu, by officers.

After being charged, Kyari and four other defendants claimed to be innocent for the accusation.

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However, Umeibe and Ezenwanne plead guilty and punished.

Although Kyari and the others, at one time, submitted a request for guarantees, their application was rejected.

After Ndlea closed the case, each defendant chose to submit without a case and argues that there was no evidence put forward by the prosecution where the court could punish them.

In his decision, Judge Nwite argued that with the state of evidence led so far by the prosecution, he was sure that the Prima Facie case had been determined by the defendants to ask them to submit their defense.

Judge Nwite holds the same view in the five separate decisions he gave on Friday.

In the verdict about the Kyari application, the judge said: “Assuming without recognizing that the defendants were charged with a lower number of cocaine lower than 17.55 kg or more than that, there was no fact that there was prime facie evidence that the first defendant was dealing with cocaine.”

He postponed this problem until May 21 for the defendants to open their defense.

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