Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police, has challenged the powers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)...
January 18, 2023 10:47 PM
At the proceedings on Wednesday, Kyari, through his lawyer, Nureni Jimoh, submitted that the charge against him was legally defective. Responding, Sunday Joseph, NDLEA counsel, said the defendants’ preliminary objections are based on a fundamental misconception of the law. “It was police itself that brought this matter to us, knowing that it has no power to handle cases that fall under the NDLEA Act,” the agency said.
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