The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) are conflicted on Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari.
The agency said it has no reason to shield anyone who may be indicted in the ongoing investigation on a 25-kilogramme (kg) cocaine deal “involving a gang headed by DCP Abba Kyari”.
Kyari is currently in NDLEA’s custody alongside four other senior police officers.
The Director of Media and Advocacy at the NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, Femi Babafemi, assured all yesterday that the agency remained committed to the evidence-based investigation and that its resolution cannot be weakened by any misrepresentation of facts.
The NDLEA’s response followed speculations that it might be trying to shield its operatives involved in the case.
Recall a statement on February 14, 2022, by Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), which said police investigation also established that the international narcotics cartel involved in the case have strong ties with some officers of the NDLEA at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu.
The statement alleged that the agency’s officers were on the payroll of the cartel.
Adejobi also said two drug couriers arrested by the police confirmed that the modus operandi was that the transnational drug barons would conspire with the NDLEA officers on duty and send them their pre-boarding photographs for identification, seamless clearance, and unhindered passage out of the airport with the narcotics being trafficked.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), according to Adejobi, had formally requested that the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA should ensure the identification, arrest and investigation of its officers who have also been found to be colluding with the international drug cartel involved in this case towards advancing the anti-narcotics agenda of the Federal Government.
