Former Head of Rapid Response Team (RRT), DCP Abba Kyari has been granted bail by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Recall that Kyari is facing charges on money laundering. He is also facing a primary charge of cocaine trafficking.
His lawyer, Hamza N. Dantani, shared the news on his Facebook page on Thursday, July 6th, 2023 that the court has granted Kyari bail.
He wrote: “Alhamudullhi! Abba Kyari’s Bail Granted by Federal High Court Abuja today.”
This is coming after Kyari has spent 18 months in prison custody.
For those who don’t Kyari’s trial centres around the $61,400 cash and 25kg parcel of cocaine seized as evidence and believed to have been used as bribe to influence operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The NDLEA had accused Kyari of attempting to bribe one of its senior officers with $61,400 at a restaurant in Abuja to stop the agency from testing a portion of the seized cocaine connected to two individuals arrested for drug pushing.
Besides, Kyari is also under investigation after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States of America indicted him in the case of fraud involving Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi.
Kyari has been in detention since February 14, 2022 after his arrest.