The suspended head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari is alleged to have spent his first night in detention with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The super cop was indicted in cocaine trafficking which resulted in his arrest following the intervention of the presidency.
Police Deputy PRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi stated the the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba ordered the immediate transfer of Abba Kyari and 4 others to the NDLEA.
Adejobi added that others officers arrested are ACP Sunday J. Ubua; ASP Bawa James; Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu.
In a statement on Monday, Femi Babafemi confirmed the arrest of Kyari and 4 others over links to an international drug cartel.
He further stated that Kyari and others were driven into the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja at about 5 pm on Monday for interrogation and further investigation.
The agency reiterated its resolve to crack down on this still to be indicated and ensure they face the full weight of the law.
Daily Trust reports that more senior police officers and other security agents may be involved in the drug scandal.
“Serious infractions have been established against Kyari in relation to drug crimes but the matter was being foot dragged at the police headquarters in Abuja and commands in some states.
“People would be picked in other high profile places because the secret has been busted,” one of our sources said.
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It was gathered that before the NDLEA decided to hold a press conference to expose the suspended officer, only a handful of Police officers were aware of the cocaine scandal.
Daily Trust quotes a police officer as saying that the arrest and subsequent handover of Kyari to NDLEA for probe had caused serious confusion in the force.
“It is an institutional indictment. In the police force, especially among us the junior officers we see Oga Kyari as a role model in view of the various breakthroughs he had made in the arrest of criminals across the country.
“The drug thing happened while we are waiting to see how the Hushpuppi scandal will end.”