BREAKING: Court discharges, acquits Abba Kyari of asset declaration charge

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court successful Abuja has discharged and acquitted suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, of a 23-count complaint of alleged non-declaration of assets brought against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

Kyari was charged alongside his 2 brothers, who were accused of swearing mendacious affidavits successful an alleged effort to conceal the root of definite properties.

Delivering judgment, Justice Omotosho ruled that the NDLEA failed to contiguous capable grounds to enactment its allegations against the defendants, which chiefly related to the alleged non-declaration of landed properties.

The justice explained that ownership of landed spot tin beryllium established done accepted history, rubric documents, acts of possession, oregon possession by connection.

However, the prosecution did not contiguous immoderate specified documents to beryllium that the properties located successful Fountain Estate, Kasana, said to beryllium to Ramatu Kyari, were really owned by Abba Kyari.

The tribunal besides held that the prosecution failed to supply worldly grounds linking Kyari to different p...