Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, is to continue to cool his heels behind bars as he lost his bid for bail application on Monday.
A Federal High Court, Abuja, which threw out the application for his freedom, said it had been overtaken by events.
Justice Inyang Ekwo said the application had been overtaken by events following an order of a sister court, granting the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s prayers to detain Kyari for another 14 days to enable it to conclude its investigation.
Justice Ekwo held that the sister court, which gave the order in favour of NDLEA on February 22, was a court of coordinate jurisdiction.
The judge, however, said he was inclined to hear Kyari’s fundamental enforcement rights suit with the urgency it deserves after the expiration of the 14-day court order.
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