Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the Inspector-General of Police, Baba Usman, to arrest the suspended DCP Abba Kyari over new links with an international drug cartel.
Earlier, the NDLEA through its spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, had at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, indicted Kyari to an International drug cartel.
Reacting to the announcement, HURIIWA commended the agency for placing devotion above sentiments and declaring Kyari wanted over alleged links to drug trafficking offences.
In a statement, the National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, recalled how Kyari was indicted in 2021 by the United State’s Federal Bureau of Investigation for his alleged role in a $1m scam allegedly perpetrated by Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi.
According to the group, “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 being equal and if the prima face evidential allegations of NDLEA is factually accurate.”
The group also called on the Police Service Commission to “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 alleged tempting offers 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,” the statement added.
