The Court of Appeal in Abuja dismissed an appeal by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday Ubua, seeking bail.
Ubua is a companion of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari, whom the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is prosecuting for illegal drug dealings and other offenses.
A three-member panel of the appellate court ruled on Friday that Ubua’s appeal was without merit and upheld Justice Nwite’s ruling from March 28, 2022.
The said judgment denied Ubua’s bail application on the grounds that the prosecution had presented the court with sufficient evidence to justify the rejection of the bail application.
In the lead judgment, Justice Stephen Adah held that the appellant did not present any new materials before the court to justify the court’s departure from the earlier decision on the issue by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Ubua is standing trial with Kyari and three other former members of the Intelligence Response Team, Force Investigation and Intelligence Department of the Nigeria Police Force on charges bordering on unlawful dealing in drugs and attempting to tamper with evidence.
Justice Stephen Adah, in the lead judgment, held that the appellant did not present any new materials before the court to warrant the court’s departure from the earlier decision on the issue by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Ubua is standing trial with Kyari and three other former members of the Intelligence Response Team, Force Investigation and Intelligence Department of the Nigeria Police Force on charges bordering on unlawful dealing in drugs and attempting to tamper with evidence.