A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, rejected the objection by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to the bail application of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari.
Justice Inyang Ekwo declined to the objection after the counsel for the agency, Mike Kassa, informed the court that the respondent (NDLEA) had yet to be served with the bail application, NAN reports.
Justice Ekwo, who refused to grant Kassa’s request not to take the bail application, ordered the lawyer representing Kyari, Cynthia Ikena, to serve Kassa in the open court and stood down the matter for an hour.
Earlier, when the matter was called, Ikena told the court that the applicant (Kyari) had complied with the court order of February 21 to put the respondent on notice after the lawyer said she had a motion ex parte seeking bail for Kyari.
“Having complied with the order made on 21st of February, 2022, we are ready to move our motion,” she said.
Ikena told the court that the respondent had been duly served.
But Kassa said though the applicant’s counsel served him with a motion on notice, he had yet to be served with the bail application.
Ikena, who insisted that the application had been served, prayed the judge to confirm it by using the court file.
After going through the court file, Ekwo directed Ikena to serve Kassa in open court and stood down the matter for an hour.
Kyari, through his lawyer, had, on February 21, approached the court to seek bail.
The disgraced cop had also told the court that he was suffering from diabetes and hypertension.
