The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October nineteen, twenty and twenty-first as the trial dates for the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and four others.
Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the trial dates in his ruling today in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
He equally declined to grant bail to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and four others.
They are being prosecuted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on allegations bordering on a cocaine deal.
Kyari was arraigned alongside four suspended police officers including ACP Sunday Ubia, ASP James, Inspector Simon Agirigba and Inspector John Nuhu as second to fifth defendants.
Ruling on the bail application, Justice Nwite said the applicants failed to present sufficient materials and evidence to warrant the granting of the fresh application.
The Justice reaffirmed his earlier ruling of March twenty-eighth, ordering an accelerated hearing.
Meanwhile, the suspects are to be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja, pending the commencement of their trial in October.