Abba Kyari: It’s Fake – Police

By Adesina Soyooye

The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has says reports which made the rounds on its suspended super cop, DCP Abba Kyari, is false.

On Tuesday, a story emerged  on both the traditional and social media that the Panel set-up by the Inspector General of Police to investigate Kyari’s  indictment by America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police,Joseph Egbunike, DIG, Force Investigation Department,  had submitted its report to the IGP.

The first report, they reported, was rejected by the IGP for being too lenient on Kyari. They were forced, the report continued, to go and rewrite another report, ostensibly to be harder on Kyari than the first one. That, too, has been submitted to the IGP, the reports said.

But it turns out the story is fake.

This was confirmed as false by no less a person than the Police Spokesperson, CP Frank Mba.

In a statement, Mba said no such report has been submitted by the panel to the IGP.

The statement reads:

“The Nigeria Police Force wishes to inform the general public that the probe into the alleged indictment of DCP Abba Kyari by the FBI, being conducted by the NPF Special Investigation Panel (SIP), is still ongoing.
“Members of the public are enjoined to note that the panel has not submitted its report to the Inspector General of Police, as being wrongly reported in some news outlet and online platforms.
“The Force hereby reassures the public that the outcome of investigations by the probe panel would be communicated accordingly upon conclusion of the investigations.”

A Nigerian International cyber fraudster, popular as Hushpuppi, told the FBI that he bribed Kyari, then head of the IGP’s Tactical Team to the tune of over eight million Naira, to arrest and detain a co-fraudster, Kelechi Vincent for trying to cheat him out of one of their fraudulent businesses.

The FBI has since obtained a Warrant of Arrest against Kyari. Embarrassed, the IGP recommended Kyari’s indefinite  suspension to the Police Service Commission,  PSC. The Commission did. A new head, DCP Disu, has been appointed to replace Kyari.

Until the embarrassing incident, Kyari was the Police’s star officer.

Kyari, however, denies all the allegations.