Tag: Abba Kyari
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Abba Kyari was a farce waiting to happen – By Azu Ishiekwene
Abba Kyari’s response in July after the US Attorney General’s Office Central District of California issued a warrant of arrest against him following his indictment in a case of internet fraud involving Ramon Abbas, otherwise called Hushpuppi, was the earliest warning sign that the Nigerian end of this affair might descend into a farce.
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Court fixes date for Abba Kyari’s bail application
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, fixed Feb. 28 for hearing a bail application filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned the matter after counsel to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Joseph Sunday, Director of Legal
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BREAKING: Kyari to spend 14 days in NDLEA custody
Court has ruled that Kyari should spend 14days for proper investigation
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Alleged unlawful detention: Abba Kyari demands N500m in damages from NDLEA
The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, has demanded N500 million in damages from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over alleged unlawful arrest and detention.
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What suspended cop, Abba Kyari told court on NDLEA’s arrest
The suspended DCP, Abba Kyari, says the allegation linking him to an international drug cartel by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is untrue. Kyari disclosed this in an affidavit in support of his motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ANJ/CS/182/22 and filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, by his lawyer, C.…
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Drug case: Court turns down DCP Abba Kyari’s bail application
AFederal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, refused to grant an application for bail filed by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who declined to grant the plea in a motion ex-parte brought by Kyari’s Lawyer, C. O. Ikena, ordered that the respondent, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), be…
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Abba Kyari: Police to redeploy IRT coordinators and team leaders
THE Police High Command has begun moves to sanitise its Intelligence Response Team, IRT, following the arrest of its former Commander, DCP Abba Kyari, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, last week, over his indictment in the 25kg cocaine deal . As at yesterday, it was gathered that all state coordinators and team…
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NDLEA exposes DCP Abba Kyari in fresh drug case
More trouble appears to be looming for the suspended Commander of the now-disbanded Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari, as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) launches a probe of the seizure of a large consignment of Tramadol, an illegal drug, in Lagos. The alleged seizure, it was learnt,…
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Police commission suspends 2 officers over Abba Kyari’s drug case
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended two police officers over their alleged involvement in illicit drug trafficking. The officers, Sunday Ubua, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) and James Bawa, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) have been handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for investigation.
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How Abba Kyari became a Super Cop – Reno Omokri
Former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathant, Reno Omokri has alleged that the embattled Deputy Police Commissioner, Abba Kyari was made a super-cop because of religious imbalance in Nigeria’s law enforcement agencies. The former presidential aide alleged that most of the law enforcement agencies in the country are headed by Northern Muslim males, sidelining the…