Mukaila Ola
Few hours after he was declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA over his involvement in a cocaine deal, suspended DCP Abba Kyari have been handed by the police to the anti-narcotics agency.
A statement by the spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi said the Nigerian Police Force has handed over the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, the erstwhile Commander of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) at the Force Intelligence Bureau of the Nigerian Police Force to them.
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He said five of the wanted suspects namely: DCP Abba Kyari; ACP Sunday Ubua; ASP Bawa James; Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu were driven into the National Headquarters of NDLEA in Abuja at about 5pm on Monday 14th February to formally hand them over for interrogation and further investigation.
He said: “The Agency wishes to assure that no stone will be left unturned to ensure that all suspects already in custody and those that may still be indicted in the course of investigation will face the full weight of the law at the end of the ongoing probe.”
The NDLEA is accusing Kyari, of being a member of an international drug cartel. Kyari was suspended last year by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to allow for investigation into his alleged link with Hushpuppi, an alleged international fraudster accused of by Federal Bureau of Investigation, in the United States, of defrauding people of millions of dollars. Hushpuppi had mentioned Kyari while his case was being investigated by the FBI.
[…] The anti-narcotics agency said Kyari contacted one of its officers in Abuja and struck a deal to sec…total of 25kg seized cocaine and offered $61,400 to NDLEA officers who played along until his arrest. […]