Kyari: Co-defendants Plead Guilty to Drug Charges
By: Ukpoju Adoli Victor
The two co-defendants of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, have pleaded guilty to part of the hard drug trafficking charges against them.
The defendants appeared before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday
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The National Drug Law Enforcement (NDLEA) had arraigned Kyari, six other police officers and two civilians, Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne, over an 8-count charge bordering on conspiracy and drug trafficking.
The two civilians pleaded guilty to 5th, 6th and 7th charges, where their names featured.
The counsel to Kyari, Kanu Agabi (SAN) with counsel to other defendants in the charge, prayed for the court to admit their clients to bail.
Meanwhile, Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned till Monday to hear the bail application of the defendants and ordered that they should be remanded in the custody of the NDLEA.
