You Have Case To Answer–Court Tells Abba Kyari, Others;Shettima Honours Olowolafe
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the no-case submissions made by a former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), DCP Abba Kyari, and four other of his co-defendants.
Kyari and four members of the IRT – ACP Sunday J. Ubua, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu are being prosecuted on charges of conspiracy to deal in 17.55kg of cocaine.
They are also accused of dealing in cocaine without lawful authority; conspiracy to tamper with cocaine and unlawfully tampering with the 21.35kg of cocaine seized from two convicted drug dealers.
Each of the five defendants had made a no-case submission after the prosecuting agency – the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) – closed its case after calling a number of witnesses
They had argued, among others, that the prosecution failed to establish a prima face against them to warrant their being called upon to to enter defence.
Ruling Friday, Justice Emeka Nwite held that, with the state of evidence led so far by the prosecution, he was convinced that a prima facie case had been established against the defendants to require them to put forward d.their defence.
Justice Nwite held the same view in the five separate rulings he delivered on Friday.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the no-case submissions made by a former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), DCP Abba Kyari, and four other of his co-defendants.
Kyari and four members of the IRT – ACP Sunday J. Ubua, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu are being prosecuted on charges of conspiracy to deal in 17.55kg of cocaine.
They are also accused of dealing in cocaine without lawful authority; conspiracy to tamper with cocaine and unlawfully tampering with the 21.35kg of cocaine seized from two convicted drug dealers.
Each of the five defendants had made a no-case submission after the prosecuting agency – the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) – closed its case after calling a number of witnesses
They had argued, among others, that the prosecution failed to establish a prima face against them to warrant their being called upon to to enter defence.
Ruling Friday, Justice Emeka Nwite held that, with the state of evidence led so far by the prosecution, he was convinced that a prima facie case had been established against the defendants to require them to put forward d.their defence.
Justice Nwite held the same view in the five separate rulings he delivered on Friday.
You Have Case To Answer–Court Tells Abba Kyari, Others;Shettima Honours Olowolafe
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the no-case submissions made by a former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), DCP Abba Kyari, and four other of his co-defendants.
Kyari and four members of the IRT – ACP Sunday J. Ubua, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu are being prosecuted on charges of conspiracy to deal in 17.55kg of cocaine.
They are also accused of dealing in cocaine without lawful authority; conspiracy to tamper with cocaine and unlawfully tampering with the 21.35kg of cocaine seized from two convicted drug dealers.
Each of the five defendants had made a no-case submission after the prosecuting agency – the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) – closed its case after calling a number of witnesses
They had argued, among others, that the prosecution failed to establish a prima face against them to warrant their being called upon to to enter defence.
Ruling Friday, Justice Emeka Nwite held that, with the state of evidence led so far by the prosecution, he was convinced that a prima facie case had been established against the defendants to require them to put forward d.their defence.
Justice Nwite held the same view in the five separate rulings he delivered on Friday.
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