Abba Kyari, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), deleted all
posts on his Facebook page shortly after uploading 462 pictures from the
wedding of Maina Alkali, son of Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police
(IGP), in Maiduguri.
Shortly after he made the post, many news organisations
reported his public appearance which appeared to have made him delete his
previous posts on Facebook.
Kyari’s presence at the wedding was the first in months
since he came under investigation over alleged involvement in an international
scam.
According to US court documents in 2021, Hushpuppi, whose
real name is Ramon Abass, alleged that he bribed Kyari to arrest Vincent, a
co-fraudster.
Hushpuppi, self-confessed fraudster, was arrested in the UAE
and accused of defrauding 1.9 million victims to the tune of N168 billion.
The fraudster said he gave Kyari money to arrest and jail
“one of his rivals in Nigeria after a dispute over a $1.1 million scam on
Qatari businesspeople”.
At the time, Kyari denied receiving money from Hushpuppi,
adding that “my hands are clean”.
The DCP, however, admitted to having knowledge of the
money-related dispute, saying Vincent was arrested but was later released on
bail.
Kyari was suspended as the commander of the Intelligence
Response Team (IRT) last August and a panel was set up to investigate him. But
the outcome of the probe is yet to be disclosed despite the promise of the IGP
to do so.
Amid this spectacle, the IGP had ordered an internal probe
of the allegations against Kyari, while
naming Tunji Disu as head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) — a unit
previously led by DCP Kyari.
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