The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has chronicled how it nabbed suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari in a drug deal.

NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, narrated that Kyari belonged to a drug cartel that operates the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit drug pipeline.

Babafemi said Kyari contacted an officer of the Agency in January 2022 and tried to seal a deal.

He said, “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.

“He (Kyari) appeared at the agreed venue of the meeting with the officer and went straight to the crux of the matter. This was it: His team had intercepted and arrested some traffickers that came into the country from Ethiopia with, according to him, 25kg of cocaine.

“He proposed a drug deal whereby he and his team are to take 15kg of the cocaine and leave 10kg for the prosecution of the suspects arrested with the illicit drug in Enugu. In the meantime, the purloined cocaine will be replaced with a dummy worth 15kg. He asked the NDLEA officer to persuade men of the FCT Command, to play along as well.

“By 11: 05 am on Monday, January 24, after the Agency gave the officer the green light to play along, he and Kyari began a WhatsApp call for the rest of the day. The officer conveyed “their” willingness to play the game.

“At this point, Kyari disclosed that the 15kg (already taken out) was shared between the informants that provided information for the seizure and he and his men of the IRT of the Nigerian Police. According to him, the informants were given 7kg while his team took 8kg which was already sold.

“He (Kyari) then offered to pay the NDLEA team (that is the officer and the FCT commander) by selling, on their behalf, half of the remaining 10kg, thereby further reducing the original cocaine for the prosecution to just 5kg. At N7m per kilogram, the proceed from the 5kg would amount to N35m, at the exchange rate of N570 per dollar being the black market rate for the day, January 24, 2022. In effect, he would be delivering $61, 400 to the NDLEA team.

“He (Kyari) put pressure on our officer to wrap up the arrangement with the commander of the FCT Command to take custody of the drug and suspects from his men who were on ground in Abuja. At the time, he was speaking from Lagos, where he allegedly travelled for private business.

“The next day January 25, Kyari offered to send his younger brother to deliver the payment while his men deliver the suspects, but our officer turned down the suggestion, insisting he would rather deal with him in person and was therefore prepared to wait for him to return from Lagos.

“And by 5: 23 pm, Kyari was in Abuja and met with the officer at the same rendezvous where they had the first meeting. In their discussion, he disclosed how his team received the information from a double-crosser who betrayed the traffickers to him, showing a sordid connection between law enforcement agents and the drug underworld; he narrated how acting on the tip-off, his team departed Abuja to Enugu and arrested the traffickers, removed part of the consignment on his instruction and replaced same with dummies.

“He (Kyari) also indicated how to identify the remnant of the original cocaine that would be delivered to NDLEA, five original packages marked with red dots. The reason for this was to avoid the dummies being subjected to test. He forwarded a picture of the marked original cocaine package. According to the plan, once the 5kg cocaine has been tested in the presence of the suspects and confirmed positive, there would be no need to test the remaining ones, being dummies.

“He (Kyari) also brought with him the money from the sale of the 5kg share of the NDLEA team, a total of $61, 400. Our officer, however, preferred to take the money inside his car. Well, the car was wired with sound and video recorders. And the moment was documented, part of which I will play for you at the end of this briefing.

“DCP Abba Kyari was invited by NDLEA for debriefing on Thursday February 10 through two main channels because there is a whole lot of questions begging for answers. The invitation was legitimate and formal according to our protocol. But up till the close of office hours on Friday, February 11, he refused to respond. Up till this moment, he hasn’t responded.

“Having failed to honour the official invitation, NDLEA has no option but to declare DCP Abba Kyari of the Nigerian Police WANTED, right from this very moment.”

The PUNCH had earlier reported that Kyari was indicted in 2021 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States for his alleged role in a $1m scam allegedly perpetrated by alleged international Internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi and five others.

FBI Special Agent, Andrew Innocenti, had said he obtained voice calls and WhatsApp conversations between Kyari and Hushpuppi, adding that Hushpuppi also paid the police officer N8m or $20,600 for the arrest and detention of a “co-conspirator,” Chibuzo Vincent.

The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California had ordered the FBI to arrest Kyari but the IGP and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) evasively continued to shield Kyari till this moment.

helinues:
Here we go again

Another round of gossiping and wasting of time epistle

PrinceOfLagos:

And your point is ?

helinues:
Here we go again. Another round of gossiping and wasting of time epistle

Racoon:
[s][/s] Do you know the implications of this indictment on the image of the police force and government of this nation before the international community?

helinues:


I repeat, who dah hell is this?

Where did I know you from that you are mentioning and trolling me.

helinues:
Which yeye implications.If we were to go by you guys analysis regarding Hush, Kyari should have been in USA by now.But as usual, this na another bunkum meant for wailers to pounce on

helinues:
I repeat, who dah hell is this?Where did I know you from that you are mentioning and trolling me.

PrinceOfLagos:

I am your tormentor

Racoon:
[s][/s]
Mods pls remove this nonsense!

helinues:


May God continue to allow us to be productive In life instead of being obsessed with others like some people .

I say a big Amen to that

People with meaningful life care about their well being first

PrinceOfLagos:

If you're productive as you've claimed , you won't be on Nairaland asslicking a corrupt man day in day out

helinues:


Why is your wailing crying con dey sweet my belle like this?

Could you fill the picture below with the over flowing water?

PrinceOfLagos:


This is the same person calling out the moderators to ban me For whooping his ass with the truth

Smh

helinues:


Heaven knows we have made something reasonable to start the week.

Sebi I have been lurking around NL like you since morning right?

helinues:


Make sure it's something solid. Really very important

PrinceOfLagos:


God has been so faithful to me , I no go cast myself

Sha stop asslicking the corrupt people running this country aground

helinues:


What's your Bleep.ing business about me ass licking Politicians...

When would you stop this pokenosing into things that shouldn't have concerned you?

helinues:
May God continue to allow us to be productive In life instead of being obsessed with others....People with meaningful life care about their well being first

PrinceOfLagos:

Corruption affects my business, just to let you know

helinues:


Did Tinubu steal your family's money?

Did he steal Imo state money?

Did he steal SE money?

Why should you be taking Panadol on others headache?

Isn't that busy body?

PrinceOfLagos:


This thread is about the ever corrupt Abba kyari whom you never stopped singing his praises

Racoon:

Yes! Nobody is not meaningful in life.Even the mad people have some meaningful impact in our lives as they tend to teach us some lessons of life.

Meanwhile, as we tend to be meaningful & productive in life, sensitive national embarrassment of this kind should concern us because of the effects it will have on the citizens outside this failed nation.

helinues:


Where are all the epistle you guys wrote about Hush's case? In the dump yard.

Wailers are free to wail their voice, na I don't care.

Sha stop trolling me all in the name of mentioning, that's only if you have eyes pushing