The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday, released video evidence showing the suspended head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari, in a drug deal.
The agency, via its spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, had earlier declared Kyari wanted over suspected links with an international drug cartel.
Meanwhile,
video evidence had surfaced showing Kyari in a vehicle with an
unidentified adult male. The duo exchanged wads of cash after having a
discussion allegedly related to the drug deal.
Kyari, afterwards stepped out of his business partner's vehicle and proceeded to his own SUV.
The NDLEA said an investigation has revealed that Kyari is a member of a drug syndicate that operates across the globe.
The video was dated January 25, 2022, and was said to have been captured
around 5:26 pm at Two4Seven Restaurant, Area 11, Garki, Abuja.
Babafemi added: “You can see him after handing over the money, he headed to his own land cruiser jeep there."
The
shocking revelation comes amid the police chief's controversial
involvement with self-confessed Internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas,
popularly known as Hushpuppi.
In July 2021, the United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed how Kyari allegedly
collaborated with Hushpuppi to jail one of the latter’s associates after
a dispute over a $1.1 million scam on a Qatari businessman.
The
FBI also alleged that the embattled social media celebrity sent money
to Kyari via a third person’s bank account and hosted him in his Dubai
apartment.
According to the US Department of Justice, a criminal complaint
initiated the prosecution of Hushpuppi as court documents showed that
Abbas, 37, pleaded guilty.
The United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, had issued an arrest warrant against Kyari.
Hushpuppi
has since pleaded guilty to the charges and if convicted risks a
20-year-jail term, three-year supervision upon completion of jail term,
and monetary restitution to the tune of $500,000 or more.
The
court documents also outlined a dispute among members of the Hushpuppi
conspiracy, which allegedly prompted him to arrange to have an
individual identified as ‘co-conspirator’ Kelly Chibuzor Vincent, jailed
in Nigeria by DCP Kyari.
Following the allegations, the top
detective was suspended and a panel was set up by the Inspector-General
of Police to probe the FBI allegations.
But Kyari denied the allegations, claiming that his “hands are clean”.
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