Nigeria: Wanted Cop Abba Kyari Arrested By Police, Handed Over to Drug Enforcement Agency

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.

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.”

Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri

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