The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari requesting that the alleged unlawful drug deal charge against him be dropped.
Kyari had filed an appeal against the March 22 ruling by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, in which he declined to quash the charge against the suspended police boss.
He challenged the jurisdiction of the court to try him and four other serving police personnel when they were yet to be subjected to the internal disciplinary mechanisms of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF.
Justice Nwite held that the powers of the Police Service Commission, PSC, do not supersede the powers of the Federal High Court
A three-member panel of the appellate court, on Thursday, agreed with the ruling and dismissed Kayri’s appeal for being unfounded.
