Court orders NDLEA to produce airport staff roster linked to Abba Kyari’s cocaine case
On 28 January, El-John Nwonke, a police inspector, testified as defence witness on how officers of the NDLEA allegedly aided the convicts – Mr Umeibe and Mr Ezenwanne – to beat security checks at Enugu International Airport on 19 January 2022, on arrival from Ethiopia with the substance suspected to be cocaine.
Mr Nwonke said the two traffickers, who were initially charged alongside Mr Kyari and the four police officers but were later convicted and jailed two years upon their pleading guilty in 2022, told the court that the duo confessed that the police officers arrested them with the substance, allegedly cocaine, at the airport after NDLEA officers on duty had cleared them.
The lawyer, who appeared for Mr Kyari and the fourth defendant, Mr Agirgba, explained that the subpoena requires the NDLEA to produce certified true copies of the list of agency personnel who were on duty at Akanu Ibiam International Airport on 19 January 2022 for inspection and use by the court and in the defence of the first and the fourth defendants.
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