Breaking: Appeal Court Rejects Bail Request By Abba Kyari’s Associate

By Akinwale Kasali

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has rejected the bail request by a suspended Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday Ubua.

Ubua is an associate of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Both and others are being prosecuted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for unlawful drug dealings and other charges.

In a ruling on Friday, a three-member panel of the Appellate Court held that the appeal by Ubua was without merit and affirmed the ruling by Justice Nwite, delivered on March 28, 2022.

The March 28 ruling rejected Ubua’s application for bail on the grounds that the prosecution placed sufficient materials before the Court to warrant its rejection of the bail application.

Justice Stephen Adah, in the lead judgment, held that the appellant did not present any new materials before the Court to warrant the Court’s departure from the earlier decision on the issue by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Ubua is standing trial with Kyari and three other former members of the Intelligence Response Team, Force Investigation and Intelligence Department of the Nigeria Police Force on charges bordering on unlawful dealing in drugs and attempting to tamper with evidence.