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Police Hand Over DCP Abba Kyari, 4 Other Police Officers to NDLEA

Agency Report/

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and four others.

The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, made the confirmation in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

Babafemi said that this came few hours after Kyari was declared wanted by the agency over his involvement in a 25 kilograms Cocaine deal.

He confirmed that the Nigerian Police Force has handed over the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, the erstwhile Commander of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) at the Force Intelligence Bureau of the Nigerian Police Force, to the anti-narcotic agency.

“Five of the wanted suspects namely: DCP Abba Kyari; ACP Sunday J. Ubua; ASP Bawa James; Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu were driven into the National Headquarters of NDLEA in Abuja.

“This was about 5:00 p m. on Monday, Feb. 14 to formally hand them over for interrogation and further investigation.

“The Agency wishes to assure that no stone will be left unturned.

“This is to ensure that all suspects already in custody and those that may still be indicted in the course of investigation will face the full weight of the law at the end of the ongoing probe,” he said.

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