JUST IN: Nigerian Police Arrest Abba Kyari

Former Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, has been detained by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

Kyari was arrested after the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA declared him wanted over links to a drugs cartel.

Spokesperson of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, at a press conference had detailed how Kyari belonged to a drug cartel that operates the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit drug route.

Recall that Kyari was suspended over his alleged involvement with an international fraudster, Ramon Abass, popularly known as Hushpuppi.

The former Intelligence Response Team, IRT, boss was alleged to have benefitted from a heist carried out by Hushpuppi and his gang in Dubai.