Tag: Abba Kyari

Cocaine: Court Orders Erstwhile Super Cop Kyari To Enter Defence

Ganiyu Amodu

Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, ordered suspended DCP Abba Kyari, and his co-defendants to enter their defence in the charge preferred against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Justice Emeka Nwite, in separate rulings on their no-case submission applications, held that a prima face case had been made out against Kyari and other police officers in the charge. Kyari, the 1st defendant and a former head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the Police was arrested on February 14, 2022, after the NDLEA declared…

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Nigerian Court Grants US-Wanted Man, Abba Kyari, N50m Bail

Abibat Babalola

The former super cop is facing trial in Nigeria over 24-count charge bothering on hard drug trafficking     A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has admitted the former Head of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, to a N50 million bail in a charge filed against him and two others by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Kyari is being wanted in the United states over his alleged connection with cyber fraud kingpin, Hushpuppi. The NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022 against Kyari and two…

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Kuje prison attack: Over 300 inmates escape, vehicles, other properties destroyed

Abibat Babalola

Over 300 inmates have reportedly escaped the Kuje Custodial Centre, Federal Capital Territory following the attack on Tuesday. A prison source who spoke to Vanguard under the condition of anonymity confirmed that over 300 persons inmates escaped during the attack by gunmen. The source claimed the attackers used bombs to forcibly gain control of four entry and exit points. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Kuje Prison Under Bomb Attack Why I Preferred Younger Running Mate – Peter Obi EXCLUSIVE: MDs Fired as Nigeria Takes Over Benin, Kano, Kaduna DisCos El-Rufai Endorsed As…

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Joseph Egbunike, DIG Investigating Abba Kyari Slumps, Dies

Ayobami Adedinni

Joseph Egbunike, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, who was in-charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department, is dead. According to reports, Egbunike died on Tuesday, after he slumped in his office, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The DIG, who hails from Onitsha, Anambra State, was until his death, heading the Special Investigation Panel constituted by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to investigate the activities of the suspended head of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, over money laundering allegations. While details of the incident is…

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DCP Kyari Empties Facebook Page After 462 Photos from IGP’s Son Wedding Raise Dust

Dawood Rabiu

  Abba Kyari, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), deleted all posts on his Facebook page shortly after uploading 462 pictures from the wedding of Maina Alkali, son of Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), in Maiduguri. Shortly after he made the post, many news organisations reported his public appearance which appeared to have made him delete his previous posts on Facebook. Kyari’s presence at the wedding was the first in months since he came under investigation over alleged involvement in an international scam. According to US court documents in…

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s Super Cop, Abba Kyari, suspended over fraud

Aliyu Aliyu

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc has recommended the immediate suspension of DCP Abba Kyari, the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), from the Service of the Nigeria Police Force, pending the outcome of an ongoing internal investigations touching on him. The IGP, in his letter to the Police Service Commission, dated 31st July, 2021, noted that the recommendation for the suspension of the officer, is in line with the internal disciplinary processes of the Force. The IGP further noted that the…

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