Suspended police boss, Abba Kyari released after 27 months in prison 

A suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory after spending 27 months in detention.

He was detained following his arrest on February 14, 2022, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for alleged involvement with an international drug cartel.

Kyari, along with four members of the Police Intelligence Response Team—Sunday Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba, and John Nuhu—was arraigned on March 7, 2022.

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Two suspected drug traffickers, Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka  Ezenwanne, who were arrested at Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, were also charged.

While Kyari’s requests for bail were repeatedly denied, a Federal High Court judge in Abuja, Emeka Nwite, on May 22, granted bail to allow him perform burial rites of his mother, Yachilla Kyari, who died on May 5.

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He was required to deposit his passport with the court and report to the nearest NDLEA office during the bail period.

Speaking with ThePunch newspaper, the spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service of the Federal Capital Territory Command, Adamu Duza, said Kyari met his bail conditions and was released on Friday.

The court scheduled May 31, 2024, for the hearing on Kyari’s main application for bail about the drug trafficking charges.