This was contained in a 21-paragraph counter-affidavit filed by the NDLEA against the bail application of DCP Kyari.
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She reportedly slumped on the ground shortly after trial Justice Emeka Nwite deferred ruling on applications that DCP Kyari and six other persons facing drug trafficking charges with him, filed to be released on bail pending the determination of the case against them.
They are Insps. Tahir Ali, and Saidu Nadabo, both attached to the 53 Force Mobile Unit, Borno.
Musa Shafiu, a legal practitioner, told newsmen on Wednesday, on behalf of other lawyers.
During the operation, the anti-narcotic officers came under attack and at least seven of them were injured while one of their vehicles was damaged.
The News Agency of Nigeria had, on March 3, reported that the Federal Government, through the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), filed the application marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/249/2022.
The activist, in a statement on Monday, also hit operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency over their failure to handcuff Kyari and other suspects in court on Monday.
The suspects were arraigned on an eight count criminal charge bordering on conspiracy and drug trafficking on Monday.
Kyari, through his lawyer, Kanu Agabi, SAN, prayed the court to allow him to remain in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, pending the hearing and determination of his fresh application for bail.
Kyari told Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Monday, following his arraignment, alongside six others, on allegations bordering on drug trafficking.
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 suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has been arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja, on eight counts bordering on conspiracy, obstruction, and dealing in cocaine, and other related offences.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, offered the explanation in a series of tweets.
The Spokesperson, NDLEA Lagos State Command, Mallum Musa, said this in a statement he signed on Friday in Lagos.
DCP Kyari and six others will be arraigned by the NDLEA before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency filed the charges before a Federal High Court in Abuja Thursday.
The Customs Comptroller in Kebbi, Mr Joseph Attah, handed over the seized substance to NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Peter Odaudu, in Birnin Kebbi.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, said the application had been overtaken by events following an order of a sister court, granting the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s prayers to detain Kyari for another 14 days to enable it to conclude its investigation.
A statement signed on Sunday by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, revealed the seizures
This was made known by the spokesman for NDLEA, Femi Babafemi on Saturday.