The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday Ubua, seeking bail.
Ubua, a co-defendant of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, was facing charges of unlawful drug dealings and other offenses, brought against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
A three-member panel of the appellate court, in a judgement delivered on Friday, upheld the ruling of Justice Nwite, delivered on March 28, 2022, that rejected Ubua’s application for bail, citing sufficient materials before the court as reasons for the decision.
Justice Stephen Adah, in the lead judgement, noted that Ubua failed to present any new materials before the court that warranted a departure from the earlier decision on the issue by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Ubua is standing trial alongside Kyari and three other former members of the Intelligence Response Team, Force Investigation and Intelligence Department of the Nigeria Police Force, on charges of unlawful dealing in drugs and attempting to tamper with evidence.
