The fourth prosecution witness called by the NDLEA testified at the Federal High Court in Abuja in the ongoing cocaïne trafficking trial of Abba Kyari and his co-defendants.
A prosecution witness in the cocaine trafficking trial of Abba Kyari has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the cocaine substance seized from two traffickers linked to the suspended police officer was adulterated.
“After the substances were subjected to a test, the results tested 80 per cent positive to cocaïne, while in others, there were traces of cocaine in them, which suggests that the substance must have been adulterated with another substance,” the fourth prosecution witness called by the NDLEA told the court.
It also accused Mr Kyari of attempting to obstruct the NDLEA and its authorised officers by offering $61,400 to a senior officer of the agency as inducement at a restaurant on Port Harcourt Crescent, Area 11, Garki Abuja. The two persons from whom the cocaine was seized – Chibuna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne – had since pleaded guilty to the part of the drug trafficking charges concerning them.Witness confirms NDLEA officers failed to arrest traffickers at airport
In response to another cross-examination question thrown at him by the defence by Mr Kyari’s lawyer, Mr Ajia said he was not aware if any NDLEA personnel at the Enugu airport had been arrested and prosecuted for failing in their duty to arrest the two culprits while smuggling the cocaine from Ethiopia into the country,.Meanwhile, Mr Kyari has filed an application seeking to stop Messrs Umeibe and Ezenwanne from testifying against him the suit.
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