Abba Kyari, the suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), has denied ownership of a property linked to him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in his ongoing trial over alleged non-disclosure of assets.
Testifying on Tuesday before James Omotosho, the presiding judge of the federal high court, Abuja, Kyari said some of the contentious properties belonged to his late father, who had “about 30 children”.
The former head of the police intelligence response team (IRT) said he was surprised by the allegations, adding that the documents for the assets are with the Borno state’s ministry of land.
Kyari also denied ownership of a polo ground reportedly linked to him in Borno, adding that he could not afford such an expanse of land.
“Even Dangote, who is the richest man in Nigeria, does not own such a property; how much more someone like me,” he told the court.
“The polo ground had been in existence even when I was a child. We used to go there to play.”
Kyari, however, admitted ownership of a farmland located along the Abuja–Kaduna road, saying he had managed the property for about a decade.
