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Abba Kyari released from detention after meeting bail condition

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Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCP), Abba Kyari, has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), after 27 months of detention. Recall that Kyari was arrested on February 14, 2022, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), for alleged involvement with an international drug cartel and subsequently detained. He, along with four members of the Police Intelligence Response Team, (IRT) was arraigned on March 7, 2022. Additionally, two suspected drug traffickers, arrested at Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, were also charged. Kyari…

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Abba Kyari granted bail after 27 months in detention

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the former commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, two weeks bail after 27 months in detention. According to reports, the bail is for Kyari to conclude his mother, Yachilla Kyaris burial rites. The court subsequently set Friday, May 31, for the determination of his bail application in the trial over drug-related charges filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), following his arrest over two years ago on February 14, 2022. Recall that Kyaris mother died in…

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One Voice Development Initiative condoles DCP Abba Kyari, family

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A non-governmental organisation, One Voice Development Initiative, has extended condolences to you and your family of DCP Abba Kyari on the demise of his mother, Yachilla. Coordinator of the group, Abbas Abdullahi Yakasai, in a statement made available to journalists, sent appreciation to the good people of Borno State for their genuine massive support and solidarity to Abba Kyari and the Kyari family during this difficult time. The statement reads in part “Your mother’s legacy and impact on the community are evident in the outpouring of love and condolences. ”…

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Federal High Court grants DCP Abba Kyari bail

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DCP Abba Kyari has been granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja on charges that may involve money laundering. In addition to being accused of money laundering, Kyari is also being held without bail on a primary accusation of trafficking cocaine. On of his attorneys, Hamza N. Dantani, said yesterday on his Facebook page that the court had granted Kyari bail on the accusations of money laundering. He wrote: Alhamudullhi! Abba Kyaris Bail Granted by Federal High Court Abuja today (yesterday). Recall that Kyaris trial centres around the…

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Alleged Corruption: “Abba Kyari operates death squad in Nigeria” Hushpuppi reveals

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…Says “I cant return to Nigeria” Nigerian alleged Internet fraud ringleader, Ramon Abbas, otherwise known as, Hushpuppi, has revealed that suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, operates a death squad and that he (Hushpuppi) stands a risk of being harmed. Hushpuppi raised the alarm in a memorandum he submitted before Judge Otis Wright of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, on September 5, seeking a downward review of sentencing years demanded by the prosecutors after Mr Abbas pleaded guilty to multimillion-dollar fraud last…

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Alleged Corruption: FG seizes 14 properties including shopping malls from disgraced super-cop, Abba Kyari

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The Federal Government has, in a fresh suit filed against disgraced super-cop, Abba Kyari, unveiled what it termed as ‘his tremendous ownership’ of assets spread across the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Maiduguri, in Borno State, as well as fat bank accounts. These were revealed in the fresh 24-count charges against the suspended police officer by the Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, J. Sunday. Recall that the suspended police officer is currently facing prosecution for illegal cocaine dealing alongside six others. According to reports, Kyari was said to have failed…

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‘Abba Kyari is safe, not under any threat’ NCoS

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The authorities of the Nigerian Correctional Service, (NCoS), have said that contrary to claims alleging that the life of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, who is remanded at the Kuje custodial centre was in danger, the suspect is safe and sound, stressing that reports were fake news. The NCoS, in a statement by its spokesman, Francis Enobore, vehemently dismissed the claim that Abba Kyari nearly got murdered by some aggrieved inmates, who allegedly accused him of taking bribes from them when he was in active service, only…

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EndSARS Panel orders NDLEA to produce DCP Abba Kyari over missing detainees

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The judicial panel established to probe police brutality in Abuja has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to produce suspended Deputy Police Commissioner, Abba Kyari, over the alleged disappearance of three EndSARS detainees. The panel also directed Tunde Disu, the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team, (IRT), to ensure that Kyari is brought before the panel on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Recall that on March 8, the panel ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Akali Baba to produce Danjuma Yakubu, Ibrahim Dani, and Choji Dung, who…

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“Your office undermining Abba Kyaris extradition application”, HURIWA to AGF Malami

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Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, accused the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN); of subtle conspiracy to frustrate the extradition of embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to the United States. HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, said it was a known fact that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation had requested that Kyari be tried in America for his role in an alleged Internet fraud involving notorious scammer, Ramon Abbas, a.k.a…

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NDLEA moves to stall Abba Kyaris extradition, files 8-count charge against him

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), in a possible attempt to stall the Federal Governments plan to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)Abba Kyari, to the United States, yesterday filed an 8-count criminal charge against him and six others it alleged were involved in drug trafficking. The agency announced, via its Twitter handle yesterday, that it filed the charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The move, which comes hours after the Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF), Abubakar Malami, (SAN), approved a request by…

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