Police Arrests Kyari For Complicity In Drug-related Offences 

February 14, 2022

 

 

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The Nigeria Police Force, NPF on Monday arrested former Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari barely few hours after he was declared wanted.

Kyari was arrested after the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA linked him to a drugs cartel that operated in Ethiopia, Brazil and Nigeria.

The Nigeria Police Force consequently handed Kyari over to the Agency.

Spokesperson of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, had earlier spoken to the media with details of how Kyari got enmeshed in drug related offences amid his interrogation in the financial scam that involved Ramon Abbas better known as Hushpuppi.

The former Intelligence Response Team, IRT, boss reportedly benefitted from a heist carried out by Hushpuppi and his gang in Dubai.

Kyari was reverred in Nigeria for his crime bursting operations before the latest criminal activities that could ruin his career.

 

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Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

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