Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has directed the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to produce in court the list of personnel who were on duty on January 19, 2022 at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport. The judge issued the directive following a request by the former head of the defunct Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and Inspector Simon Agirgba. Kyari, alongside four other suspended IRT officers, including two now convicted drug traffickers, were initially being prosecuted by the NDLEA on an eight-count charge bordering on alleged dealing in hard drugs. According to the NDLEA, Kyari and the officers tampered with the exhibit (cocaine) the IRT officers recovered from some arrested drug traffickers at the Ibiam airport.
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