LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Mr. Anthony Ojukwu, SAN, has revealed how suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, was shielded from facing numerous cases that were filed against him since 2008. Ojukwu, who spoke at a capacity building retreat of the House of Representatives Committee…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Embattled Police Chief, Abba Kyari has claimed that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has been assisting drug dealers to bring in Cocaine into Nigeria. This newspaper earlier reported that Kyari and four other police officers under the IRT were arrested in February for attempting to bribe an NDLEA officer with…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fresh facts have emerged on how suspended super cop and former Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari; as well as his deputy, ACP Sunday Ubua, allegedly received a combined N4.2bn from their separate bank accounts. The details are part of a report sent to the Attorney-General of the Federation,…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) Sunday denied that he had exonerated suspended DCP Abba Kyari from fraud allegations. Malami described as false the media reports that his office had conclusively exonerated Abba Kyari. The denial was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20 lawyers have indicated interest to defend the suspended DCP Abba Kyari in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Musa Shafiu, a legal practitioner, told newsmen on Wednesday, on behalf of other lawyers. He said the team is made up of four senior advocates…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two civilians – Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne – arraigned along with suspended DCP Abba Kyari and four other policemen, pleaded guilty to unlawfully importing and possessing 21.35kilogrammes of cocaine. While Umeibe and Ezenwanne pleaded guilty, Kyari, ACP Sunday J. Ubua, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agirgba, Inspector John Nuhu…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In a move that could stall federal government’s plan to extradite Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police to the United States, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, filed an eight-count criminal charge against him and six others it alleged were involved in drug trafficking. The move comes…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Thursday approved the request by the United States of America, for suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, to be extradited over the $1.1million wire fraud perpetrated by Abass Ramon aka Hushpuppi and 4 others Government’s approval was made known…