A Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, fixed March 28 for ruling in a bail application filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others.
Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel to the prosecution and defence argued their applications for and against the bail.
But a woman identified as Abba Kyari’s wife slumped to the floor after Justice Nwite deferred the ruling to March 28.
Reports say some officials of the NDLEA and lawyers quickly carried her up into one of the offices on the third floor of the court.
There were speculations that she might be asthmatic.
Justice Nwite had, on March 7, fixed today for the hearing of the bail application, after the defendants took their plea to the eight-count charge filed against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Kyari and other police officers in the matter had pleaded not guilty to the counts preferred against them.
While Kyari pleaded not guilty to counts one, two, three, four and eight leveled against him, the other four police officers, who are defendants in the trial, also pleaded not guilty to counts one, two, three and four filed against them.
But Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne, who are 6th and 7th defendants respectively, pleaded guilty to counts five, six and seven preferred against them.
Although their names were also mentioned in counts three and four where allegations bordering on conspiracy were leveled against Kyari and others, they were not ask to take a plea on these two counts.
The four members of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/57/2022 include ACP Sunday J. Ubia, ASP Bawa James, Insp. Simon Agirigba and Insp. John Nuhu.
Umeibe and Ezenwanne are the two alleged drug traffickers that were arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu.