The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday screened a video evidence tendered by the Nigeria Police through Police officer Inspector El-John Nwoke, attached to the Force Headquarters, revealing how operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) allegedly helped drug traffickers at airports.
The video evidence was in support of an affidavit in the case instituted against DCP Abba Kyari, former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and Sunday J. Ubua, an Assistant Commissioner of Police; Bawa James, an Assistant Superintendent of Police; Simon Agirgba, an Inspector; and John Nuhu, also an Inspector—all officers of the Police IRT.
Before the last hearing, Inspector El-John Nwoke, second defence witness (DW-2), was led in evidence by Kyari’s lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, and narrated how NDLEA operatives allegedly shielded two drug traffickers—Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne—at the Enugu Airport on January 19, 2022, before the police arrested them.
The two now-convicted traffickers were arrested by the IRT with a 21.55kg consignment of cocaine at the Enugu Airport.
The incident took a dramatic twist when police later declared Kyari, then head of the IRT, and others wanted and subsequently charged them to court
Kyari: Court Plays Video Showing How NDLEA Allegedly Helped Cocaine Smugglers At Airports
