BREAKING: Police arrest Abba Kyari

The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has arrested former Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari over declarations by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA linking him to a drug cartel.

Spokesperson of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, at a press conference on Monday had detailed how Kyari belonged to a drug cartel that operates the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit drug route.

Kyari was arrested a few hours later.

Babafemi in a statement confirmed that the police handed Kyari over.

Others are ACP Sunday J. Ubua; ASP Bawa James; Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu.

They were driven into the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja at about 5pm on Monday for interrogation and further investigation.

Recall that Kyari was suspended over his alleged involvement with an international fraudster, Ramon Abass, popularly known as Hushpuppi.