Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari yesterday prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to grant him bail.

The suspended police officer premised his bail request on the attack on Kuje Correctional Centre by Boko Haram terrorists who freed scores of their members.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on 5 July, the Boko Haram breakaway faction – Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) – led an attack on the custodial centre.

NAN also reports that the Federal Government said 879 detainees escaped, including all 68 imprisoned Boko Haram members.

Kyari and other officers of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT), through their counsel, told Justice Emeka Nwite that their lives were in danger in the correctional facility.

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Moving the motion for bail, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), who appeared for first (Kyari), fourth and fifth defendants, said granting his clients bail was a necessity because their lives are no longer safe where they are currently detained.

He said the officers, who had performed excellently well in their profession by apprehending dangerous and high-profile criminals, most of who are in the same prison with them, should not be kept in the facility.

Ikpeazu urged the court to admit them to bail on liberal terms.

Also, Gboyega Oyewole, counsel to the second defendant, spoke in the same vein.

But lawyer to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Sunday Joseph, disagreed with the defence counsel.

He urged the court to dismiss the bail application.

Justice Nwite adjourned the matter until August 30 for ruling.