UBUA NEW LOOTS…FILES FRESH CHARGES AGAINST THEM
…SEIZES PROPERTIES
Federal government has filed a fresh 24-count charges against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, for allegedly covering ownership of some of landed properties in Abuja and Maiduguri, Borno State.
This was disclosed by the Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, J. Sunday, adding that the charges were filed against Kyari on August 30, 2022.
According to the Federal Government, it discovered 14 landed properties, including shopping malls, residential Estate, polo playground, lands, and farmlands that the former IRT Commander failed to disclose.
FG further stated that it also discovered over N207 million and €17,598 in his bank accounts
Recall that Abba Kyari is facing trials alongside his brothers Mohammed and Ali at the Federal High Court, Abuja, with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/22.
Equally on trial is Sunday Ubua, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, who worked closely with Kyari.
In the fresh charge, the Federal Government filed a separate 24-count charges against him.
The Directorate of Prosecution and Legal Services, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Stephen Kashawa, said in an affidavit in support of the charges, which was deposed to by a litigation officer, Kyari is facing trial for dealing in cocaine.
The affidavit added that he was thoroughly subjected to general and financial investigation when he was transferred by the police to the NDLEA headquarters on February 14, 2022 for investigations.
According to Kashawa, the financial investigation which extended to his properties led to the filing of charges for non-disclosure and conversion of large sums of money.
Kashawa explained that Kyari is accused of knowingly failing to make full disclosure of his assets 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 alleged that the 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.
Tot was further explained that the suspended officer failed to reveal his ownership of a shopping mall titled, NE/1229 and a polo playground with plot no. 270, both located in Maiduguri and did not make full disclosure of his ownership of farmland along Abuja-Kaduna road and a plaza under construction in Guzape, Abuja.
Count 11 read: “That you, DCP Abba Kyari, male, adult and you Mohammed Kyari, male, adult, on or about February 14, 2022, in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honourable court in order to disguise the true ownership of the property situate at plot no. 33, Bama Road, GRA Extension, Maiduguri, Borno State, covered by certificate no. BO/4319 issued by Borno State Government by deposing to a false affidavit at the Federal High Court in suit no. FHC/NG/Cs/9/2022 and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under section 15(3)(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, (as amended).”
The charges further revealed that the DCP knowingly converted N28.4 million in his GTB account number 0121075250; N65.2m in his GTB account number 0138360064; N95 million in UBA account number 1002250112 and N16.9 million in Sterling Bank account number 0072451994.
The other charges include failure to declare in the NDLEA assets declaration form the sum of Є17,598 in two GTB accounts, being proceeds of unlawful activities; N2.9 million in UBA; N366, 258.77 and N88.000 in Sterling Bank.
In another development, the charges against Ubua with number FHC/ABJ/407/22, the FG revealed that he did not disclose a N100 million life insurance policy with First Bank of Nigeria Insurance Limited, including several millions stashed in different bank accounts.
The defendant was said to have converted N118.6 million using First bank account 3018154763 and $30,516.36 using Polaris Bank account 2630046721.
Another charge against the ACP was that between January and March, 2022, he converted the sum of N40.8 million in his Polaris Bank account number 1060047951, being proceeds of unlawful activities.
According to the charges, Ubua acquired a block of lock-up shops at Utako bus terminal, Abuja for N16.8 million and also converted N33 million and N227.5 million using First bank account number 2005502596.
The charges further said the defendant converted N40.8 million and another N33.7 million.
Count one read: “That You, Sunday Ubua, male, adult, on or about the 14th day of February, 2022, at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency headquarters, Port Harcourt Crescent, off Gombiya Street, Area 11, Garki, Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, knowingly failed to make full disclosure of your assets in the NDLEA assets declaration firm by not disclosing your N100 million life insurance policy with First Bank of Nigeria Insurance Limited contrary to and punishable under section 35(3)(a) of the NDLEA Act, CAP N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.”