Suspended DCP Abba Kyari has been arrested and handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), multiple reports say.
Abba Kyari and members of his IRT team were taken into custody and, shortly after, handed over to the NDLEA operatives, Vanguard reported Monday afternoon.
The NDLEA, earlier in the day, declared Abba Kyari wanted over alleged links to an international drug cartel with deep links in Brazil.
The shocking revelation comes amid the police chief’s controversial involvement with self-confessed internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi.
In July 2021, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed how Kyari allegedly collaborated with Hushpuppi to jail one of the latter’s associates after a dispute over a $1.1 million scam on a Qatari businessman.
The FBI also alleged that the embattled social media celebrity sent money to Kyari via a third person’s bank account and hosted him in his Dubai apartment.
According to the US Department of Justice, a criminal complaint initiated the prosecution of Hushpuppi as court documents showed that Abbas, 37, pleaded guilty.
The United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, had issued an arrest warrant against Kyari.
Hushpuppi has since pleaded guilty to the charges and if convicted risks a 20-year-jail term, three-year supervision upon completion of jail term, and monetary restitution to the tune of $500,000 or more.
