Court fixes date to deliver judgment in NDLEA’s case against Abba Kyari

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, fixed February 26, 2026, to deliver judgement in a case filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari.

The NDLEA is prosecuting Kyari, the former head of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), and his two younger brothers on allegations bordering on non-disclosure of assets.

Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after counsel for the NDLEA, Sunday Joseph, Kyari’s lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), and his brothers’ counsel, Monjok Agom, adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against the charge.

The NDLEA, in the 23-count charge, named Abba Kyari, Mohammed Kyari, and Ali Kyari as first to third defendants respectively.

The anti-drug agency alleged that Abba and his two younger brothers, Mohammed and Ali, failed to make full disclosure of their assets.

The NDLEA said it uncovered 14 assets, including shopping malls, residential estate, polo playground, lands, and farmland belonging to Kyari.

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Kyari was alleged to have failed to disclose his ownership of the property in different locations in Abuja and Maiduguri.

The agency alleged that over N207 million and Є17,598 were also discovered in Kyari’s various accounts in three banks.

The agency, in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022, also accused the defendants of “disguising of ownership of properties and conversion of monies.”

The NDLEA said the offences are punishable under Section 35 (3) (a) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, and Section 15 (3) (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to all the counts.

The Star