Trial judge, Emeka Nwite, deferred ruling on Abba Kyari bail applications, prompting the wife of the accused to slump
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Alleged drug baron, Abba Kyari, will still remain in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after the trial judge, Emeka Nwite, deferred the ruling on bail applications he filed with six others.
Kyari is a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). He is standing trial along with six others for drug trafficking charges filed against them by the NDLEA.
Once the judge defers ruling on Kyari’s bail, a lady the Vanguard Newspaper identified as the wife of Abba Kyari fainted at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The newspaper said that the middle-aged woman, who wore a black Hijab, fell on the floor while armed operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) were leading Kyari and the others away from the court premises.
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The report added that though she appeared lifeless on the floor, she was quickly carried up and rushed inside one of the offices on the third floor of the court by some officials of the NDLEA and lawyers.
The report indicated that as of 11.07 am, efforts were still on to secure an inhaler for her after one of the women who accompanies her to the court, disclosed that the lady was asthmatic.
Abba Kyari applied for bail on the ground that he is diabetic. But the NDLEA, in dismissing the claim, told the court that Kyari, who hitherto headed the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), would escape from the country and make himself unavailable for trial if granted bail.
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