After discovering 14 assets connected to the former commander of the Intelligence Response Team, FG brought 24 allegations against Abba Kyari.
The FG discovered Abba Kyari’s shopping centres, residential communities, polo fields, lands, and farms in a number of places throughout the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and Maiduguri, Borno State.
According to reports, Kyari, a suspended deputy commissioner of police, concealed his ownership of the properties.
Additionally, his numerous bank accounts had almost N207m and £15,598.
The Attorney-General of the Federation claimed that the suspended DCP reportedly concealed his ownership of some of the properties in the new 24-count accusations brought against Kyari by the Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, J. Sunday, on August 30, 2022.
Mohammed Kyari and Ali Kyari, who are thought to be Abba Kyari’s siblings, were named as co-defendants in the case filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, with charge number: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/22.
Additionally, the Federal Government filed supplemental 24-count charges against Sunday Ubua, an Assistant Commissioner of Police and Kyari’s former subordinate who is currently on suspension.
When Kyari was brought by the police to the NDLEA headquarters on February 14, 2022, for investigation, it was revealed in an affidavit supporting the accusation that he was subject to a general and financial investigation. Kyari is currently being tried for cocaine distribution.
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The filing of charges for non-disclosure and the conversion of sizable sums of money was the result of the financial inquiry, which also covered his properties.
The Federal Government said Kyari knowingly failed to make full disclosure of his asset at plot no 1927 Blue Fountain Estate, Karsana, Abuja and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 35(3)(a) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, CAP N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The prosecutor also alleged that the embattled DCP did not declare his ownership of an estate at Linda Chaulker Road, Asokoro Extension; plot no. 5 titled BO/4546; plot no. 9 titled BO/1037; plot no. 10 titled CER/4319 and plot no 33 titled BO/4319, Maiduguri, Borno State.
Furthermore, the AGF said the suspended DCP failed to reveal his ownership of a shopping mall titled, NE/1229 and a polo playground with plot no. 270, both located in Maiduguri.
The allegations further stated Kyari did not make full disclosure of his ownership of farmland along Abuja-Kaduna road and a plaza under construction in Guzape, Abuja.
Kyari was accused of deposing to an affidavit at the Federal High Court in Maiduguri in suit number, FHC/NG/CS/9/2022 in an effort to conceal the ownership of a plot of land covered by Certificate of Occupancy no: 000271 issued by Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, in violation of section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act.
The AGF also charged Kyari with lying on an affidavit to conceal his ownership of plot no. 9, BOTP/63, which is covered by right-of-occupancy grant no. BO/1087, and a shopping centre at no. 4, Aliyu Close near Giwa Barracks, Maiduguri, which is covered by right-of-occupancy grant no.NE/1229.
The charges revealed that the DCP knowingly converted N28.4 million a bank account; N65.2m in another bank account; N95 million and N16.9 million in two other bank accounts.
The first defendant was similarly accused of failing to declare in the NDLEA assets declaration form the sum of ?17,598 in two GTB accounts, being proceeds of unlawful activities; N2.9 million in UBA; N366, 258.77 and N88.000 in Sterling Bank.
