Abba Kyari escapes murder in Kuje prison

Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has reportedly escaped murder from angry inmates, who accused him of insincerity in bribe-for-release deals when he was in active service. According to a report by Premium Times, internal documents and officials said the attack happened on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, months after Kyari was remanded following his […]

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Drug trafficking: Court orders Abba Kyari’s transfer to prison, alongside six others

A Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the transfer of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari to Kuje prison. Justice Emeka Nwike also ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to transfer the six others facing drug trafficking charges alongside Kyari to the same Correctional Center. The judge gave the order after […]

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Drug Trafficking: Abba Kyari planning to flee Nigeria – NDLEA tells court

Nigeria’s anti-drug agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Monday, alleged that suspended Deputy Police Commissioner, DCP, Abba Kyari, plans to escape from Nigeria. According to NDLEA Kyari planned to flee Nigeria to avoid facing punishment for his crimes. The agency raised the alarm while urging an Abuja Federal High Court not to […]

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Shock as DIG investigating, Abba Kyari slumps, dies

A Deputy Inspector General of Police, Joseph Egbunike, who was in-charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department, has died. Reports had it that, Egbunike died on Tuesday, after he slumped in his office, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The DIG, who hails from Onitsha, Anambra State, was until his death, heading the Special Investigation […]

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Abba Kyari pleads not guilty to drug charges

The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari on Monday pleaded ‘not guilty’ to drug trafficking charges brought against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The anti-drug agency had filed eight counts of hard drugs trafficking against Kyari, who is also wanted in the United States over his alleged involvement with an […]

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Court rejects Abba Kyari’s bail application

The Abuja Federal High Court,, presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo has rejected a bail application filed by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. The court held in a ruling on Monday, that the application has been overtaken by events. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), had on Monday February 14 declared Kyari wanted “over […]

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FRESH! Court extends detention order on detained, DCP Abba Kyari

An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday extended the detention of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, by 14 days. The court granted permission to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to hold the embattled Kyari for the period to enable the agency to complete its investigation into the hard drug trafficking allegations […]

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Abba Kyari sues NDLEA, demands N500m damages for unlawful arrest, detention

The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari has demanded N500 million in damages from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over alleged unlawful arrest and detention. Kyari, in an originating motion on notice, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, also wants for an order […]

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Abba Kyari: PSC suspends two senior Police officers

The Police Service Commission (PSC), has suspended an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Sunday Ubua and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), James Bawa, who had both worked under the embattled Abba Kyari in the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). This was the content of a statement issued on Thursday by the […]

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Abba Kyari: IGP Alkali has a question to answer, Reno Omokri to Buhari

A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for his failure to sack the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. According to Omokri, the IGP should have been dismissed, after the suspended cop, Abba Kyari was sighted at his (Usman) son’s wedding two weeks ago. Recall that the suspended former head […]

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