The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed February 26, 2026, as the judgment date in the suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.
The NDLEA is prosecuting the former head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) alongside his two younger brothers, Mohammed and Ali, on allegations of non-disclosure of assets.
Justice James Omotosho fixed the date on Friday after lawyers to all parties adopted their final written addresses and presented their arguments.
Naijaonpoint reports that the anti-narcotics agency filed a 23-count charge against the trio, accusing them of failing to declare several assets allegedly traced to Kyari.
According to the NDLEA, investigators uncovered 14 assets allegedly linked to the suspended DCP, including shopping malls, residential estate, polo playground, lands and farmland.
The properties were said to be located across Abuja and Maiduguri.
The agency further alleged that over ₦207 million and €17,598 were discovered in Kyari’s accounts across Guaranty Trust Bank, United Bank for Africa and Sterling Bank.
The defendants were also accused of disguising ownership of properties and conversion of monies, offences the agency said are punishable under the NDLEA Act and the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011.
They, however, pleaded not guilty to all charges.
To prove its case, the NDLEA called 10 witnesses and tendered 20 exhibits.
When the prosecution closed its case, Kyari opted for a no-case submission, arguing that the agency failed to present evidence linking him to the properties.
But on October 28, Justice Omotosho dismissed the application, ruling that the prosecution had indeed established a prima facie case requiring the defendants to enter their defence.
‘I Declared All My Assets’ – Kyari
Naijaonpoint recalls that Kyari opened his defence on November 4, insisting that he duly declared his assets and those of his wife in accordance with legal requirements.
He denied ownership of some of the properties listed by the NDLEA, explaining that several of them belonged to his late father, who had about 30 children.
On the alleged ownership of a polo playground in Borno State, Kyari said he was shocked at the claim, stressing that he had no link to the land.
After being led in evidence by his lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), and cross-examined by the NDLEA, Kyari closed his defence on November 26, 2025.
Kyari’s brothers, Mohammed and Ali, through their counsel, Monjok Agom, informed the court that they would not be calling any witnesses.
According to Agom, “We shall be resting our case on that of the prosecution’s case.”
Naijaonpoint reports that the asset-disclosure matter is separate from the cocaine trafficking trial Kyari is facing alongside other police officers before Justice Emeka Nwite of a sister Federal High Court.
Both cases, however, were instituted by the NDLEA in 2022.
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