NDLEA declares Abba Kyari wanted over alleged link to drug cartel

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, wanted over links with an international drug cartel.

NDLEA spokesman, Babafemi disclosed this during a press conference held at its headquarters on Monday.

Babafemi disclosed that NDLEA has evidence linking Kyari to a drug cartel that operates the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit drug pipeline and he needs to answer questions in the ongoing drug case.

Babafemi explained that Kyari’s refusal to cooperate with the Agency led to him being declared wanted.

“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, Babafemi said

“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 cropped up in an ongoing drug case in which he is the principal actor.

“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.”

Kyari was suspended over his alleged involvement with an international fraudster, Ramon Abass, popularly known as Hushpuppi.

He was alleged to have benefitted from a heist carried out by Hushpuppi and his gang in Dubai bit has since denied any involvement with Hushpuppi’s fraudulent activities.