Efforts to secure bail for the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, met with brick walls as the trial Federal High Court, Abuja, declined granting the bail application.

Delivering ruling on the bail application which which was earlier argued by the Prosecution and Defence Counsel, Presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Inyang Ekwo, noted that the application had been overtaken by events.

The Court observed that there is a subsisting order of a sister court of coordinate jurisdiction, on February 22, 2022, granting the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) leave to detain Kyari for another 14 days with a view to concluding its investigation.

The Court, however, held that Kyari’s fundamental enforcement rights suit would be given urgency upon expiration of the 14-day court order and hearing of the adjourned the fundamental right enforcement application to March 15, 2022 for hearing.