Abba Kyari Now In Our Custody – NDLEA

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed that the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector General of Police, Abba Kyari is in its custody.

Gatekeepers News reports that the NDLEA, on Monday indicted Kyari and four others, for their involvement in a 25 kilograms cocaine deal.

NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, confirmed that the police handed Kyari over to the agency in a statement.

Others arrested were ACP Sunday J. Ubua; ASP Bawa James; Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu.

According to reports, they were all driven into the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja at about 5 pm on Monday for interrogation and further investigation.

The statement read further,  “The Agency wishes to assure [the public] 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.”

On Monday, Gatekeepers News reported that Kyari was arrested by Nigerian Police over drug links.

Meanwhile, the DCP is still on the web of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America following his indictment in the case of fraud involving an Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi.