{"id":74582,"date":"2022-10-19T19:31:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T18:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/exhibits-linked-to-suspended-dcp-abba-kyari-tested-positive-to-cocaine-witness-tells-court"},"modified":"2022-10-19T20:43:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T19:43:01","slug":"exhibits-linked-to-suspended-dcp-abba-kyari-tested-positive-to-cocaine-witness-tells-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/exhibits-linked-to-suspended-dcp-abba-kyari-tested-positive-to-cocaine-witness-tells-court","title":{"rendered":"Exhibits linked to suspended DCP Abba Kyari tested positive to cocaine \u2013 Witness tells court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Mohammed Ajia, on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that substances linked to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Abba Kyari, tested positive to cocaine.<\/p>\n

Kyari and four Intelligence Response Team (IRT) members of the police \u2013 Sunday Ubua, Bawa James, Simon Agirgba and John Nuhu are facing charges bordering on illicit dealing in 21.35kg of cocaine between January 19 and 25, 2022 \u2013 an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 11(c) of the NDLEA Act. https:\/\/ndlea.gov.ng\/<\/p>\n

The four other co-defendants are police officers belonging to the IRT, a police unit that was being led by Kyari until he was suspended following the fraud charges filed against him in the US last year.<\/p>\n

Another Federal High Judge, Inyang Ekwo, in Abuja dismissed Nigeria\u2019s Attorney-General\u2019s request to extradite Kyari to the US due to the ongoing drugs trafficking suit.<\/p>\n

But Chibuna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne, who are non-police officers pleaded guilty to the charges of unlawful importation of 21.35kilogrammes of cocaine into Nigeria via the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, Enugu State, on January 19, 2022.<\/p>\n

At the resumed trial on Wednesday, Ajia the fourth prosecution witness, said Mr Ubua who headed the IRT team following Kyari\u2019s suspension over links to Internet fraud involving Abbas Ramon in the US, wrote the NDLEA about Messrs Umeibe and Ezenwanne\u2019s arrest with substances suspected to be cocaine.<\/p>\n

Ajia while being led in evidence by Joseph Sunday, the prosecuting lawyer, further said the anti-narcotics agency on February 4, took custody of the two drugs traffickers and some powdry substances they were apprehended with on February 4, 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the substances were subjected to a test, the results tested 80 percent positive to cocain, while in others, there were traces of cocaine in them, which suggests that the substances must have been adulterated with another substance,\u201d the witness told the court.<\/p>\n

Following the no-objection by Kyari\u2019s lawyer, Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu SAN, and other defence counsel to the \u201ctransfer letter\u201d of the IRT to the NDLEA for Messrs Umeibe and Ezenwanne\u2019s custody, the letter was admitted as Exhibit 13.<\/p>\n

However, Ajia, while being cross-examined by Ikpeazu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said he was unaware if NDLEA personnel at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, where Messrs Umeibe and Ezenwanne smuggled their drugs into the country, were arrested and prosecuted for failing in their duty.<\/p>\n

The witness admitted that the anti-narcotics agency has its operatives at all airports across Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Airport in Enugu is one of such international airports,\u201d Mr Ajia said while responding to Mr Ikpeazu\u2019s questions.<\/p>\n

Justice Emeka Nwite has however fixed October 20 for continuation of trial.<\/p>\n

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