LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has dragged the Federal Government to court to seek release from the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, The PUNCH has learnt. Kyari, in his suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, is praying the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the NDLEA to grant him…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission has suspended Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Sunday Ubua and Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP James Bawa from the exercise of the powers and functions of their respective Offices with effect from Monday, 14th February, 2022. The two Police Officers were working under the suspended DCP Abba Kyari…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Wednesday, said that it has no reason to shield anyone who may be indicted in the course of the ongoing investigation of a 25kg cocaine deal involving a gang headed by DCP Abba Kyari. The agency in a statement by its Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police investigations have revealed how members of a syndicate led by international scammer, Ramon Abass, popularly known as Hushpuppi paid N235, 120, 000 to a younger brother of a former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari . The probe also indicates that Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, equally funnelled N44m to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, didn’t shut down satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squads in the country, acting Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, has said. Adejobi made this clarification in a telephone chat with The PUNCH on Tuesday while reacting to reports (not by The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police Force has released the names of four other personnel arrested alongside disgraced cop, DCP Abba Kyari over their involvement in a cocaine trafficking ring. It was earlier reported that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA declared Kyari wanted on Monday afternoon after he was caught attempting to bribe…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has revealed damning details of how the suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari offered its operatives $61,400 cash and negotiated the release of 25kg seized cocaine. The agency, which declared the suspended Police chief wanted, said its…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A highly decorated police officer in Nigeria has been arrested following accusations he belongs to an international drugs cartel, police say. Abba Kyari, already suspended for allegedly helping self-avowed fraudster Hushpuppi to launder his money in the US, is now accused in a cocaine plot. Officials say Mr Kyari asked a colleague…