The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has approved a request by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for the confiscation of DCP Abba Kyari and his co-accused assets. It was gathered that the NDLEA’s request, which was dispatched to the justice ministry penultimate week, had received the AGF’s […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a man, Okeke Adolphus Anayochukwu, caught with black liquid cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday by the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi. According to the statement, the 52-year-old father of four, […]
The Special Area Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Apapa, Lagos, yesterday disclosed that 15 persons, including Nigerians and foreigners, were arrested in the last six months with 187,791 kilogrammes of assorted drugs. Some of the arrests and seizures were reportedly made in terminals around the Apapa area of Lagos. This […]
A lady identified as the wife of Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), on Monday, fainted at the federal high court in Abuja. She slumped shortly after Emeka Nwite, the trial judge, adjourned the criminal matter for ruling on the bail application brought by Kyari and his co-defendants. The woman, who wore […]
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN) has described as false the media reports that his office had conclusively exonerated Abba Kyari. The clarification was made in a statement issued on Sunday by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General […]
AD Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a pastor, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya with 54 sticks of Cannabis allegedly wrapped around his body. Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, […]
Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has charged officers of the agency to avoid enticement from drug barons. According to a statement issued on Saturday by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, Marwa said this at the special operations training graduation of 650 officers of its strike force unit from the […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted three million capsules of opioids, considered to be more dangerous and potent than tramadol at Jaelith Bonded Container Terminal under Tincan seaport in Apapa area of Lagos State. The seizure of 3,000,000 capsules of Tapentadol and Carisoprodol weighing 1,500gs on Monday 7th March, […]
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday adjourned the trial of Abba Kyari and six others till March 14. Mr Kyari is expected to remain in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency until he reappears in court at the adjourned date for his bail hearing. Mr Kyari, […]
The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is facing a drug trafficking charge, on Monday, begged the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja not to remand him in prison custody. Kyari, through his lawyer, Mr Kanu Agabi, SAN, prayed the court to allow him to remain in the custody of the […]
