Former Nigerian police “super-cop” DCP Abba Kyari has been granted a temporary two-week bail, on passionate grounds, to go bury his mother. Kyari, the erstwhile commander of the force intelligence response team, who is currently standing trial before Justice Emeka Nwite of the federal high court, Abuja was granted bail to the tune of 50 million naira and a surety in like sum.
The ex-police officer lost his mother, Yachilla Kyari, on May 5, 2024.
While giving the order, Justice Nwite held that the surety, which shall be his counsel in the matter, should deposit a copy of his call-to-bar certificate to the deputy registrar of the court.
Kyari is to deposit his travel passport with the court and shall always report to any formation of the national drug law enforcement agency (NDLEA) nearest to him within the period the bail was granted for.
The trial judge gave the order pending the ruling of Kyari’s bail application slated for May 31, 2024.
Trouble started for the widely celebrated officer in 2021, when he was indicted by the United States of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the case of alleged international internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, “Hushpuppi”.
Kyari was later arrested by the NDLEA for other matters allegedly relating to drug offences.
