Abba Kyari: EndSARS Tribunal Ordered Marwa To Produce DCP

The Chairman of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, was ordered by an Independent Investigation Panel on Friday to produce suspended DCP Abba Kyari on March 22, 2022.

The tribunal also directed the new IGP-IRT Commandant, Tunde Dirsu, to take all necessary steps to ensure that Kyari is produced before the panel on the specified date.

The panel is looking into allegations of human rights violations by the Nigeria Police Force’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units.

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Mr. John Martins, speaking on behalf of the panel’s Chairman, retired Justice Suleiman Galadima, indicated that Kyari’s appearance before the panel was required because a petitioner’s witness had previously named him.

“The witness stated that Kyari purportedly promised to contact him with regards to the missing persons, but nothing has been heard about them to date,” he said.

“The above directives apply to three people who were purportedly arrested and held at the IGP-IRT detention facility.

“Yakubu Danjuma, Ibrahim Daniel, and Choji Dung’s whereabouts are still unknown.”

The panel’s decision was based on information from the panel’s lawyer, Halilu Adamu, that Kyari was being held by the NDLEA.

The Police Counsel, James Idachaba, told the panel that Kyari could no longer be produced because he was no longer in police custody after being suspended.

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According to NAN, the panel ordered the Office of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to bring the aforementioned three victims before it on March 8, 2022.

A Federal High Court, FCT, sitting in Gudu, Abuja, had ordered the release of the named individuals prior to the panel’s decision, but the order has yet to be implemented.