”IPOB, ESN Are Behind Plans To Destroy Me” – Supercop, Abba Kyari Breaks Silence

The embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has claimed that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) are behind his travails.

Kyari made this claim when he appeared before a probe panel led by Joseph Egbunike, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, according to a report obtained by Daily Trust.

Kyari’s claim was contained in a report submitted by the panel to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, which was in turn forwarded to the Police Service Commission (PSC).

“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’ said in the report.

Kyari, who did not deny violating social media rules of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), was berated by the panel for the fact that the officer had been warned against the same practice previously.

But the panel, which faulted his claim, saying it is watery, ordered his demotion from the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police to Assistant Commissioner of Police.

Trixx NG recalled that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had in July 2021 indicted Kyari of conspiring with Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, in a $1.1 million scam.

Amid the discussions on his possible extradition to the United States over the accusation, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) dropped another bombshell against Kyari on Monday, February 14. The agency declared Kyari wanted “over his involvement in a 25kg cocaine deal”.

Hours after the declaration, the police announced his arrest and subsequent transfer to the NDLEA’s custody.