The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, requesting that the alleged unlawful drug deal charge against him be dropped.
Kyari, who had filed an appeal against the March 22 ruling by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, challenged the jurisdiction of the court to try him and four other serving police personnel when they were yet to be subjected to the internal disciplinary mechanisms of the Nigeria Police Force.
Justice Nwite held that the powers of the Police Service Commission does not supersede the powers of the Federal High Court, and on Thursday, a three-member panel of the appellate court, agreed with the ruling and dismissed Kayri’s appeal for being unfounded.
In the lead judgment, Justice Adebukola Banjoko ruled that there was no reason to tamper with the ruling Justice Nwite delivered on March 22, 2023.
