Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari is due in court on Monday to face drug dealing charge filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
He will appear along with six others.
The anti-narcotic agency which has been interrogating the suspects, accused them of dealing in 17.55 kilograms of cocaine among others.
Yesterday, The Nation exclusively reported that Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister for Justice Abubakar Malami on Wednesday filed a request before the Federal High Court in Abuja for Kyari’s extradition to the United States, where he will face money laundering, wire fraud and conspiracy charges.
Named with the former Intelligence Response Team (IRT) leader in the NDLEA charge are four senior police officers and two civilians.
The officers are: Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sunday J. Ubua; Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Bawa James; Inspectors Simon Agirgba and John Nuhu.
The civilians are Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne.
ustice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court will handle the case which was filed on February 28.
The charge reads:
*That you DCP Abba Kyari, ACP Sunday J. Ubua, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu, all male, on or about the 19th to 25th January 2022, at the office of Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Abuja conspired amongst yourselves with ASP John Umoru (now at large) to deal in 17.55kilogrammes of cocaine and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 14(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, CAP N30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
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