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BREAKING: DCP Abba Kyari Granted Bail By Court
DCP Abba Kyari, who is currently facing charges related to money laundering and cocaine trafficking, has been granted bail of N50m by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The news was shared by one of his lawyers, Hamza N. Dantani, via a Facebook post on Thursday.
He wrote: ”Alhamudullhi! Abba Kyari’s Bail Granted by Federal High Court Abuja today.
The court ruling allows Kyari to be released on bail specifically for the money laundering charges in which he and two of his siblings were accused of failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022, against Kyari and his two siblings, Mohammed Baba Kyari and Ali Kyari, in respect of which they were arraigned last month.
In a recent ruling, Justice James Omotosho granted conditional bail to Abba Kyari on Thursday. The bail was set at N50 million, and Kyari is required to provide two sureties who can meet the same bail amount.
In addition, Justice James Omotosho specified that the sureties for Abba Kyari must possess property valued at N250 million within the jurisdiction.
The judge further emphasized that the endorsement of Kyari’s release warrant is contingent upon the progress of a related case in which he is being tried alongside four other individuals on charges related to their alleged participation in the illicit drug trade.
Also, Justice James Omotosho granted bail to Abba Kyari’s two siblings, Mohammed Baba Kyari and Ali Kyari.
However, he remains in custody for the primary charge of cocaine trafficking, for which bail has been denied.
It is worth noting that DCP Abba Kyari is being implicated in a case involving a sum of $61,400 in cash and a 25kg package of cocaine which were seized as evidence and are believed to have been intended as a bribe to influence operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
According to the NDLEA, Kyari allegedly made an attempt to bribe a senior officer within the agency with the aforementioned amount at a restaurant in Abuja.
The bribe was allegedly intended to prevent the testing of a portion of the seized cocaine, which was linked to two individuals arrested for drug trafficking.
In addition, DCP Abba Kyari is currently under investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in connection with a fraud case involving Instagram celebrity Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi.
Kyari was arrested on February 14, 2022, after being declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) due to alleged drug-related connections. He has been in detention since his arrest.
DCP Abba Kyari’s bail application on charges related to cocaine trafficking was initially rejected by Justice Nwite of the Federal High Court. Subsequently, the bail application was also rejected at the Court of Appeal.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed retired Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas as the military administrator of Rivers State following the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the state House of Assembly.
The announcement came during a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday amid heightened political tension in the oil-rich South-South state.
Tinubu said the suspension would last for an initial period of six months.
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“By this declaration, the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State are hereby suspended for an initial period of six months,” the President stated.
Ibas, a former Chief of Naval Staff who served from July 2015 to January 2021, will take charge of the state’s affairs.
Tinubu clarified that the judiciary remains unaffected and will continue to function as mandated by the constitution.
“The Administrator will not make any new laws. He will, however, be free to formulate regulations as may be found necessary to do his job, but such regulations will need to be considered and approved by the Federal Executive Council and promulgated by the President for the state,” Tinubu added.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the state House of Assembly for an initial period of six months.
Tinubu made the announcement in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, citing undisclosed reasons for the decision.
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“By this declaration, the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State are hereby suspended for an initial period of six months,” the President stated.
The suspension comes amid ongoing political tensions in Rivers State.
More updates to follow…
In what political watchers perceive as part of efforts to discomfit and scatter the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the feeling that its National Working Committee (NWC) antagonises him, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has revoked the rights to occupy the land on which the party’s national secretariat, Abuja is sited.
Biztelers reports that Wike’s revocation notice was conveyed in a letter released in Abuja on Tuesday, dated March 13, 2025.
The letter was titled, “Notice of right of occupancy with file no: MISC 81346 in respect of plot no: 243 within central area district, Abuja.”
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The letter was signed by the Director, Land Administration (FTC), Chijioke Nwankwoeze.
Wike, it was gathered predicated his action on the PDP’s failure to pay the annual ground rents due on the property for twenty (20) years, from January 1, 2006, to January 1, 2025.
The negligence on the part of the opposition party, the letter claimed was despite many publications in several national dailies and electronic media to pay up every outstanding bill and ground rent on its property.
The letter read, “I have been directed to refer to the above Right of Occupancy granted to PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), NATIONAL SECRETARIAT and inform you that the Minister of Federal Capital Territory has in the exercise of powers conferred on him under the Land Use Act No. 6 of 1978, Cap. L5, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, revoked your rights, interests and privileges over Plot No. 243 within Central Area, Cadastral Zone A00, Abuja.
“The revocation is in view of your continued contravention of the terms and conditions of grant of the Right of Occupancy by failing to pay the annual ground rents due on the property for twenty (20) years, from Ist of January 2006 to 1st of January 2025. This is despite the many publications made by the FCT Administration since 2023 in several national dailies and on electronic media requesting all allottees of plots in the Federal Capital Territory to pay up every outstanding bill and ground rent on their property.
“You would please note that the said breaches by PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), NATIONAL SECRETARIAT (MISC 81346) run contrary to the provisions of Section 28, Subsection 5 (a) and (b) of the Land Use Act.”
There are palpable fears that the PDP’s national secretariat might be demolished or vandalised, sooner than later because Wike added that the FCTA administration would take immediate possession of the party secretariat until all bills are settled.
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