Few hours after he was declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over his involvement in a cocaine deal, suspended DCP Abba Kyari has been handed over by the police to the anti-narcotics agency.
A statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said the Nigerian Police Force had 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 it.
He said five of the wanted suspects namely DCP Abba Kyari; ACP Sunday Ubua; ASP Bawa James; Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu were driven into the National Headquarters of NDLEA in Abuja about 5pm on Monday 14th February.
They were formally handed over for interrogation and further investigation.
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He said: “The Agency wishes to assure that no stone will be left unturned 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.”
