Abba Kyari’s Co-Defendants Sentence To Two-Year Imprisonment
Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced two co-defendants of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari to two years’ imprisonment.
The judgment, which was delivered on Tuesday noted that having admitted to committing the offence preferred against them in counts 5, 6 and 7 by the NDLEA, Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne, who are 6th and 7th defendants, “are thereby found guilty and convicted accordingly.”
Recall that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had filed a suit against the duo over alleged cocaine deal after they were arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu by the Nigerian Police and handed over to them for drug trafficking.
During the trial they pleaded guilty to five, six and seven counts preferred against them by the anti-narcotic agency and prayed for a plea bargain before the court.
This was stated by counsel for the NDLEA, Sunday Joseph who revealed that two motions dated June 13, were filed on June 14, seeking a plea bargain in respect of Umeibe and Ezenwanne.
The lawyer of the two defendants, E. U. Okenyi, also concurred with Joseph’s submission.
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