…WE HAVE HIM IN CUSTODY- NDLEA
The authorities of the Nigerian Police have arrested DCP Abba Kyari for allegedly tampering with narcotic exhibits, official corruption and unprofessional conduct.
The Acting Force Spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Monday that Kyari was arrested with four others.
He said that the Inspector General of Police has ordered immediate transfer of the case to the Nigerian Drugs Law Enforcement Agency to investigate the affected officers.
The NDLEA had on Monday declared the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, and erstwhile Commander of Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, wanted over alleged links with an international drug cartel in a deal involving 25kg of cocaine.
Spokesman of the NDLEA Babafemi said,” Today, we are forced to declare one of such law enforcement agents wanted in the person of suspended DCP Abba Kyari, the erstwhile Commander of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) at the Force Intelligence Bureau of the Nigerian Police Force.”
“With the intelligence at our disposal, the agency believes strongly that DCP Kyari is a member of a drug cartel that operates the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit drug pipeline, and he needs to answer questions that crop up in an ongoing drug case in which he is the principal actor.”
“DCP Abba Kyari was invited by NDLEA for debriefing on Thursday February 10 through two main channels because there is a whole lot of questions begging for answers. The invitation was legitimate and formal according to our protocol. But up till the close of office hours on Friday, February 11, he refused to respond. Up till this moment, he hasn’t responded.”
However the police reacted swiftly, by promptly arresting and transferring Kyari and four of his alleged accomplices to the NDLEA for proper investigation of the matter.
NDLEA Spokesman, Babafemi confirmed that “DCP Abba Kyari; ACP Sunday J. 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.”
