Embattled head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Nigerian Police Force, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, is to be demoted to the tank of an Assistnace Commissioner of Police, ACP.
This follows the recommendation of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigeria Police Force, after his indictment by the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, for fraud.
Reca that Kyari made headlines last year, after court documents linked him to disgraced fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abass, also known as Hushpuppi.
The committee came to this decision after reviewing a report by a Special Investigation Panel, SIP, setup to investigate Kyari by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba.
The committee revealed that Kyari fraternised with fraudsters; and also violated the Nigeria Police Force social media policies, by responding to the FBI’s indictment on his Facebook page, without recourse to laid down procedures.
Recall that the Police Service Commission, PSC, has since suspended Kyari and also gave an ultimatum for the completion of all investigations into the supposed ‘super cop’ activities.
But the embattled police chief, however, has landed in another trouble as he is currently embroiled in another serious crime of drug trafficking.
On Monday, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, declared him wanted after he was caught attempting to bribe an official of the agency in order to facilitate the release of seized cocaine.
The NDLEA also revealed that Kyari was a member of a trans-national drug ring, which spans Brazil, Ethiopia and Nigeria. He has since been arrested and is currently in the custody of the agency along with four other co-conspirators, who are also policemen.
