I understand that many people will be focusing on the Abba Kyari guy and his antics in the nation. But I want to use this moment to commend and thank the men and women of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Let us focus and see hope through such corridors and not dwell on Abba Kyari. To the boss of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), and his men and women, well done. Let me hope that the nation sees a turning point, going forward, where even the powerful cannot be protected.
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. His failure to cooperate forced the hand of the Agency and that is the reason for this press briefing.
Let me give a synopsis of what transpired.
The saga started on Friday, January 21, 2022, when DCP Kyari initiated a call to one of the NDLEA officers in Abuja at 2:12 pm. When the officer returned the call two minutes later, Kyari informed him he was coming to see him, to discuss an operational matter after the Juma’at service.
As many have noted, most of the challenges in Nigeria are not done by ghosts. The problem has been one thing: who has the gut power to go after them. If we follow the spirit of NDLEA, from banditry to many other evils, this nation will release fresh air for all. Well done NDLEA.
The video in this Tekedia piece will push you to tears on what a man (allegedly) did to his nation even when in a uniform.
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Nigeria’s “Supercop” Abba Kyari Who Was Declared Wanted for Drug Trafficking, Now in NDLEA Custody
Breaking: NDLEA releases video evidence as it declares Abba Kyari wanted pic.twitter.com/ZtkbhIWpBu
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