Abba Kyari did not go the usual route of many criminals who blame the devil for their actions. He blamed IPOB and ESN
The disgraced deputy commissioner of police, and suspended head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Abba Kyari, has blamed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) for his several criminal actions.
According to Daily Trust, Abba Kyari made the claim against IPOB and ESN when he appeared before a probe panel led by Joseph Egbunike, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) at the Force Headquarters.
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The Joseph Egbunike’s panel was set up to probe Abba Kyari’s involvement with internet fraudster, Ramon Abbass, popularly known as Hushpuppi. The panel gave Abba Kyari a soft landing – stripping him of one rank. The Police Service Commission (PSC) found the probe absurd and ordered the panel to conduct another one.
According to the panel’s report submitted to the police service commission via the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, Abba Kyari said IPOB and ESN were behind the reports on social media about his many crimes due to the onslaught launched against them in the South-East.
According to the report, Abba Kyari did not deny violating social media rules of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The panel berated him for that on the ground that an officer of his standing should not have been engaged in such social media activity. Butthe report did not show how IPB and ESN caused his trouble.
“It is a campaign to smear his reputation by members of IPOB/ESN who vowed to destroy him, due to his onslaught against them in the South East,” the embattled ‘super cop’ was quoted to have said in the report.
From the panel’s report, it appers it did not see merit in the allegation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that Abba Kyari was involved with an internet fraud syndicate, nay, a drug ring.
The United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, had issued an arrest warrant against Kyari for his alleged links to the suspected fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, who is standing trial for various offences that include internet fraud and money laundering.
Hushpuppi has since pleaded guilty to the charges and, if convicted, risks a 20-year-jail term, three-year supervision upon completion of jail term, and monetary restitution to the tune of $500,000 or more.
The court documents also outlined a dispute among members of the Hushpuppi conspiracy, which allegedly prompted him to arrange to have an individual identified as ‘co-conspirator’ Kelly Chibuzor Vincent, jailed in Nigeria by Kyari.
According to the affidavit, “Kyari is a highly decorated deputy commissioner of the Nigeria Police Force who is alleged to have arranged for Vincent to be arrested and jailed at Abbas’ behest, and then sent Abbas photographs of Vincent after his arrest.
“Kyari also allegedly sent Abbas bank account details for an account into which Abbas could deposit payment for Vincent’s arrest and imprisonment.”
