Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has
hailed the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for declaring DCP Abba
Kyari wanted.
HURIWA said that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Baba
Usman Alkali should order the arrest of Abba Kyari without any further delay.
The civil society organisation commended the anti-drug
agency under the leadership of its Chairman, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), for
declaring the suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team wanted over
alleged links to drug trafficking.
In a statement, the National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel
Onwubiko, also called on the Inspector-General of Police to stop shielding
Kyari and immediately arrest him.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi
Babafemi, at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, chronicled how Kyari belonged
to a drug cartel that operates the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit drug route.
And reacting, HURIWA recalled how Kyari was indicted in 2021
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States for his alleged
role in a $1m scam allegedly perpetrated by alleged international internet
fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi and five others.
The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District
of California had ordered the FBI to arrest Kyari but the IGP and the Minister
of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), evasively continued to shield Kyari till
this moment.
Commenting, HURIWA said, “Now that the NDLEA has declared
Kyari wanted for drug trafficking offences in the face of glaring and
incontrovertible evidence as stated by a statutory law enforcement institution,
the IGP has no excuse but to immediately arrest the cop for prosecution by the
NDLEA.
“Everything covered has been revealed on the rooftop, if the
mind-boggling allegations of NDLEA are anything to go by. Truth is like light,
any attempt to cover it always fail if all things are equal and if the prima face
evidential allegations of NDLEA is factually accurate.
“The Police Service Commission must also immediately dismiss
Kyari from the engagement of the Nigeria Police Service.
“The NDLEA should immediately promote the officer who
exposed Kyari. HURIWA commends the officer for standing for truth and for not
compromising in the face of an alleged tempting offer by suspected fronts
attempting to cover up for the accused police officer Alhaji Kyari. Security
agents must also take note that nothing must happen to the NDLEA officer. S/he
must be given maximum protection henceforth.
“The NDLEA has started a fearless job, it must not be
cowered or intimidated by powers that be who obviously would want to circumvent
the process of justice. The NDLEA must be firm and resolute; it must not
backtrack its discovery.
“The agency must diligently see to the prosecution of Kyari and everyone involved no matter how highly placed they are in the society. There must be no sacred cows in this matter. Anything contrary is a mockery of the anti-corruption war of the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari.”
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