Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari and six others charged with dealing in 17.55kg of cocaine have been brought to the Federal High Court in Abuja awaiting their possible arraignment on Monday, TheNation reports.

Thelagostimes gathered that they were brought into the court room around 8am in two batches of four and two, by armed operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The seven defendants are to be arraigned on an eight-count charge filed by the NDLEA.

Details later…