Embattled Nigeria Police officer, DCP Abba Kyari who has been suspended over his indictment in Hushpuppi fraud case is reportedly to be in the category of a billionaire who sells seized cars.
This was revealed by a resident of Borno state who told Sahara Reporters that Abba Kyari sells cars he seized from kidnappers and armed robbers in Maiduguri, the state capital.
The resident in a private message to a Nigerian academic and media scholar, Farooq Kperogi also claimed Kyari has enriched himself through proceeds of corruption as he has more than 20 properties in a posh area in his state, Borno.
Kperogi said: “Na wa o. This is what someone from Maiduguri sent to my inbox in response to my column. It is unedited and unverified but interesting nonetheless: ‘Everyone in Maiduguri knew that Kyari is extremely rich, he gives out cars, monies and sells those he seized from the kidnappers and armed robbers at some selected car stands in Maiduguri and Abuja, as at now he’s building a big plaza along Gombole Road near Giwa Barracks and bought the neighbouring plaza.
‘There’s sign post he stood and snapped a picture where street was name after him, that’s New GRA or Bama GRA he has more 20 properties there!
‘You can independently find out from those who knows him, he has properties to his name in Lagos, Abuja etc, I call him super rich, he surpasses IGP Kamseleem.
‘What those kidnappers were saying is very true, I developed interest on what he’s doing when I read Evans interview where he said what Abba and his team took from his house was far beyond what they declared….he’s not a millionaire but billionaire.
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“He moves in convoys when in Maiduguri and brazenly go round his properties, “he added.
This came after the Police Service Commission suspended Abba Kyari who is the Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force, from office.
A statement from the commission’s spokesperson, Ifeanyi Ani, says Abba Kyari’s suspension took effect from Saturday, July 31st, 2021 and would subsist pending the outcome of the investigation in respect of his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States.
Ani says the Commission has also directed the Inspector General of Police to furnish it with information on further development on the matter for necessary further action.
He said the Commission’s decision which was conveyed in a letter with reference, PSC/POL/D/153/vol/V/138 to the Inspector General of Police today, Sunday, August 1st, 2021, was signed by Hon. Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court and Honourable Commissioner 1 in the Commission for the Commission’s Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police who is currently on leave.
