Court acquits Abba Kyari, two brothers on charges of non-disclosure of assets
A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his two brothers, Mohammed and Ali, on charges bordering on non-disclosure of assets. In a
A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his two brothers, Mohammed and Ali, on charges bordering on non-disclosure of assets.
In a judgment on Thursday, Justice James Omotosho found that the prosecuting agency - the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) - failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt as required under the law.
Justice Omotosho held that the NDLEA failed to discharge the burden of proving the criminal allegations with sufficient evidence.
The NDLEA had last year arraigned the three on a 23-count charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022, in which it accused them of failing to make full disclosure of their assets.
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Kyari was alleged to have failed to disclose his ownership of the property in different locations in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and Maiduguri in Borno.
The NDLEA alleged that over N207 million and Є17, 598 were also discovered in Kyari’s various accounts in Guarantee Trust Bank, United Bank for Africa, and Sterling Bank.
The agency, in charge, also accused them of “disguising of ownership of properties and conversion of monies.”
