Abba Kyari
12 Sep
A group, the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEHUR), yesterday, called for the release of embattled super cop, Abba Kyari, to help unravel those behind the killing of Superintendent of Police (SP) Bako Angbadhim, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ahoada Divisional Police Headquarters in Rivers State. While commiserating with families and friends of…
3 Aug
Sir: For about 18 months now, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Alhaji Kyari, has been in the Correctional Centre in Kuje, while being tried for various offences. Nigerians may recall that before his arrest and detention, Kyari was a household name in the struggle to curb the menace of insecurity in Nigeria as a…
6 Jul
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted bail to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Justice Kolawole Omotosho granted Kyari bail under stringent conditions. However, he still has a criminal case before Justice Emeka Nwite of a federal high Court in Abuja. In Thursday’s ruling and in an application filed by the…
16 May
Journalists covering the ongoing trial of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others were, on Tuesday, restrained from coming into Court 10 of the Federal High Court, Abuja, venue of the proceeding.
22 Mar
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed an application by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, seeking to strike out charges against him. The application was thrown out by Justice Nwite on the ground that the court has the exclusive right and jurisdiction to hear drug-related cases. A…
18 Jan
An application filed by the DCP Abba Kyari and three other suspended police officers seeking to quash the criminal charges against them has been adjourned until March 22 for ruling.
17 Dec 2022
Suspended Deputy Commissioner of police (DCP), Abba Kyari, and other inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre benefit from a Non-profit Organization, Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF) donation, as the group donated Christmas items as part of its humanitarian support to the vulnerable.
5 Oct 2022
Imo State Government has debunked reports on social media alleging that the Governor, Hope Uzodimma, urged Igbo youths to support the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.
30 Aug 2022
Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Federal Government seeking to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America.
29 Aug 2022
Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Federal Government seeking to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP, Abba Kyari to the United States of America. The Judge in a judgment on Monday held that the Extradition request filed by the Attorney General of…
18 Jul 2022
Mrs Patricia Afolabi, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)’s first prosecution witness, on Monday, testified in the alleged drug offence preferred against DCP Abba Kyari and others.
18 Jul 2022
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday, opened its case against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. At a resumed sitting the agency witness, Patricia Afolabi, who is attached to its forensic unit, testified before the court. The witness told the court…
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