Suspended DCP Abba Kyari has been granted N50 million bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Punch Metro reports that this is coming 17 months after he was arrested on February 14, 2022, over alleged links with an international drug cartel.
According to Vanguard, this is in a charge in which he and two of his siblings were accused of failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
In a ruling on Thursday, Justice James Omotosho granted conditional bail to Abba Kyari in the sum of N50 million with two sureties in like sum.
Justice Omotosho added that the sureties must have property worth N25m within the court’s jurisdiction, among other conditions.
Justice Omotosho ruled that the fact that Kyari and his team refused to escape when the Prison was attacked, where about 90 per cent of the inmates escaped, has proven that Kyari is ready to face any allegations against him.
However, the judge held that even when Kyari meets the conditions, the endorsement of his release warrant is subject to developments in a sister-case in which he is being tried with four others on alleged involvement in dealing illicit drugs.
His two siblings were earlier granted bail by Justice Omotosho.
NDLEA had filed the 24 counts against Kyari and his brothers Mohammed Baba Kyari and Ali Kyari.
