Nigerian police have disclosed the names of four more police officers arrested with disgraced cop DCP Abba Kyari.
The officers were arrested over their involvement in a cocaine trafficking network.
Remember that Kyari was proclaimed sought by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday after he was captured attempting to bribe an NDLEA employee in order to enable the release of some recovered cocaine to him, read (here), he was later apprehended by the police yesterday.
In a statement by the which read in part; "The saga started on Friday, January 21, 2022, when DCP Kyari initiated a call to one of the NDLEA officers in Abuja at 2:12 pm.
"When the officer returned the call two minutes later, Kyari informed him he was coming to see him, to discuss an operational matter after the Juma’at service.
"He appeared at the agreed venue of the meeting with the officer and went straight to the crux of the matter.
"This was it: His team had intercepted and arrested some traffickers that came into the country from Ethiopia with, according to him, 25kg of cocaine.
"He proposed a drug deal whereby he and his team are to take 15kg of the cocaine and leave 10kg for the prosecution of the suspects arrested with the illicit drug in Enugu. In the meantime, the purloined cocaine will be replaced with a dummy worth 15kg."
The names of the other police officers arrested alongside Kyari are; ACP Sunday Ubuah, ASP Bawa James, Inspr. Simon Agrigba and John Nuhu. Another officer involved in the case, ASP John Umoru is currently on the run.
The names of the other police officers arrested alongside Kyari are; ACP Sunday Ubuah, ASP Bawa James, Inspr. Simon Agrigba and John Nuhu. Another officer involved in the case, ASP John Umoru is currently on the run.
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