The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to DCP Abba Kyari on suspicion of possible money laundering and cocaine trafficking.
Recall that the main focus of Kyari’s prosecution is the $61,400 in cash and a 25kg shipment of cocaine that were collected as evidence and allegedly used as bribes to sway agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
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According to the NDLEA, Kyari allegedly tried to pay a senior agency official $61,400 in a restaurant in Abuja in order to stop the testing of some of the cocaine that was found tied to two people who were arrested for drug smuggling.
Additionally, he is being looked into after being charged with fraud involving Instagram star Ramon Abbas, nicknamed Hushpuppi, by the FBI of the United States of America.
Kyari was detained on February 14, 2022, after being proclaimed wanted by the NDLEA due to alleged drug connections and his bail plea was denied by Justice Nwite of the Federal High Court due to charges of cocaine trafficking. He has been in custody since that date.
But one of his solicitors, Hamza N. Dantani, said on his Facebook page on Thursday that the court had granted Kyari bail in relation to the allegations of money laundering.
“Alhamudullhi!” he wrote. Today, the Federal High Court in Abuja granted bail to Abba Kyari.”
