A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday rejected the bail application by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari and three others standing trial for drug-related offences.

In a ruling, Justice Emeka Nwite held that Kyari’s and his other co-applicants – ACP Sunday J. Ubia, Inspector John Nuhu, and ASP Bawa – failed to show exceptional circumstance to warrant their being granted bail.

This was the second time the court had rejected Kyari’s and others’ bail applications, having turned down a similar request earlier this year.

Justice Nwite held that Kyari and others failed to establish why the court’s previous decision that ordered his remand at Kuje Prison pending the determination of the case against him, should be set aside.

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The judge said the fact that Kyari and others did not escape when Kuje Prison was recently attacked by insurgents, was not enough to establish that they would not jump bail once they are released from custody.

Justice Nwite dismissed Kyari’s and others’ argument that the Kuje jailbreak constituted an exceptional circumstance the court should consider and review its earlier ruling that denied them bail.

The judge held that the development the defendants relied on did not fall within the purview of sections 162 and 163 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015, for the court to vary its subsisting order.

“The defendant has still not presented sufficient materials before me to warrant the grant of the fresh applications. Consequently, the applications are refused and my former order for accelerated trial is hereby sustained,” he said.

The judge adjourned till October 19 for continuation of trial.