Today, the Federal High Court in Abuja set February 26, 2026, as the date for a decision in a case brought by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police.
NAN said that the NDLEA is going after Kyari, the former chief of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), and his two younger brothers for not disclosing their assets.
Justice James Omotosho set the date after the lawyers for the NDLEA, Sunday Joseph; Kyari’s lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN; and his brothers’ lawyer, Monjok Agom, filed their papers and made their cases for and against the allegation.
Abba Kyari, Mohammed Kyari, and Ali Kyari were listed as the first, second, and third defendants in the 23-count charge by the NDLEA.
The anti-drug organization said that Abba and his two younger brothers, Mohammed and Ali, did not fully disclose their holdings.
It said it found 14 of Kyari’s assets, such as shopping malls, a residential complex, a polo field, property, and farms.
Kyari was accused of not saying that he had property in several parts of the Federal Capital Territory, such as Abuja and Maiduguri in Borno.
The NDLEA said that Kyari had more over N207 million and Є17,598 in his accounts at Guarantee Trust Bank, United Bank for Africa, and Sterling Bank.
The agency also accused them of “disguising ownership of properties and conversion of monies” under the case number FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022.
The NDLEA claimed that the crimes are against the law under Section 35 (3) (a) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act and Section 15 (3) (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011.
They did, however, say they were not guilty of all the charges.
The NDLEA called 10 witnesses and gave at least 20 pieces of evidence to support their case.
But Kyari chose to file a no-case submission after the prosecution finished its case.
. The former IRT leader’s counsel said that the prosecution hadn’t shown that he was the owner of the property in question.
Justice Omotosho, however, threw out the no-case submission on October 28 because the prosecution had been able to make a prima facie case against the defendants. This meant that the defense needed to open up its case to clear up some of the difficulties.
Kyari, who started his defense on November 4, said that he and his wife had followed the rules when they reported their assets.
He also said that he didn’t possess some of the assets that the NDLEA said were his.
He made it clear that some of the property the prosecution said was his belonged to his late father, who had roughly 30 kids.
He also denied the claims that he owned the polo field in Borno, stating he was surprised that such a vast piece of land would be connected to him.
Kyari finished his defense on November 26, 2025, after Ikpeazu finished giving evidence and the NDLEA lawyer cross-examined him.
Kyari’s two brothers, Mohammed and Ali, told the court through their lawyer, Monjok Agom, that they would not be calling any witnesses.
The lawyer says that we will base our case on the prosecution’s case.
This case is not the same as the cocaine deal trial he is now going through with certain police officials in front of Justice Emeka Nwite of a sister court at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The NDLEA did file both cases in 2022, though.
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