About 14 multimillion naira property belonging to the former commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police has been confiscated by the Federal Government.
The property includes shopping malls, a residential estate, a polo playground, lands, and farmland located in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and Maiduguri, Borno State.
The Federal Government said also that over N207m and Є17,598 were discovered in his various accounts in GTB, UBA, and Sterling Bank.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister for Justice Abubakar Malami noted that Kyari concealed his ownership of some of the properties., adding that the former DCP, with his former deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police Sunday Uba, are facing fresh 24-count charges filed by the Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, J. Sunday, dated August 30, 2022, before the Federal High Court, Abuja, with charge number: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/22 had as co-defendants, Mohammed Kyari and Ali Kyari, who are believed to be the beleaguered policeman’s siblings.
Ubua is also on suspension.
Director, Prosecution and Legal Services, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Stephen Kashaw in an affidavit said Kyari, is facing trial for dealing in cocaine, adding that Kyari has been subjected to general and financial investigation when he was transferred by the police to the NDLEA headquarters on February 14, 2022, for investigation.
Kashaw said the financial investigation which extended to his properties led to the filing of charges for non-disclosure and conversion of large sums of money, adding that the case was ready for trial and that all the witnesses were available to proceed trial.
The Abuja property Kyari hid includes plot no 1927 Blue Fountain Estate, Karsana, Abuja, an estate at Linda Chaulker Road, Asokoro Extension; plot no. 5 titled BO/4546; plot no. 9 titled BO/1037; plot no. 10 titled CER/4319 and plot no 33 titled BO/4319, Maiduguri, Borno State, thus contravening section 35(3)(a) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, CAP N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The AGF revealed that the suspended DCP, alongside six others, is being prosecuted for dealing in cocaine adding that Kyari, failed to disclose his ownership of a shopping mall titled, NE/1229 and a polo playground with a plot no. 270, both located in Maiduguri.
The charges also said the former IRT commander did not make full disclosure of his ownership of farmland along Abuja-Kaduna road and a plaza under construction in Guzape, Abuja.
