Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and three others have been denied bail once more by The Federal High Court Abuja. In their bail application, Kyari and the three defendants argued that new facts relating to the Kuje Prison break and alleged threat to their lives warranted a fresh application.
Meanwhile, the NDLEA raised an objection, arguing that they have not demonstrated how the new issues will prevent them from jumping bail.
Delivering judgment on the bail application this morning, Justice Emeka Nwite agreed with the NDLEA legal team that the defendants had not demonstrated how they would not jump bail and interfere with the administration of criminal justice. The court held that a threat to life in a detention facility is not a factor for granting bail.
The prosecution, in its counter affidavit, had submitted that Mr. Kyari and his co-defendants are flight risks as they would tamper with the money laundering investigations and the witnesses lined up for the trial. The court had earlier made a pronouncement on the bail of the defendants and found that there was nothing placed before the court to warrant a reconsideration of the earlier pronouncement.