10 things you probably didn’t know about Abba Kyari
In a post on his Facebook page, Kyari said those celebrating the allegations against him would be disappointed.
Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about Abba Kyari:
2. He is a Deputy Commissioner of Police and a member of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team in the Nigerian Police Force Headquarter in Abuja.
4. Prior to his appointment as IGP-IRT, he served at Lagos State Police Command as the Officer-In-Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
5. Kyari became famous after successfully apprehending popular kidnapper kingpins Evans and Wadume, amongst others.
6. Abba was admitted into Police Academy Wudil, Kano State in 2000.
7. He graduated as cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and was posted to Adamawa State Police Command for his one-year mandatory attachment in Song Police Division.
8. He was later deployed as Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) in Numan, Adamawa State and served as Unit Commander 14 PMF Yola.
9. He moved to Lagos State Police Command as 2 IC and later Officer-In-Charge of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
10. The FBI, during an investigation of popular Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, famously known as Hushpuppi for money laundering, alleged Hushpuppi had bribed DCP Kyari to the tune of $1.1 million to help jail a fellow fraud gang member.