Group Accuses Abba Kyari’s Team Of Falsehood Against NDLEA

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has accused the suspended deputy commissioner of police, Abba Kyari and his handlers of engaging in a coordinated and deliberate campaign of calumny and misinformation against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Kyari is facing trial before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court on drug trafficking offences.

In a statement yesterday, HURIWA accused Kyari and his handlers of sponsoring reports on social media claiming that two convicted drug traffickers, Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne, have indicted officers of the NDLEA of complicity in the case.

According to the national coordinator of HURIWA, Mr Emmanuel Onwubiko, the group’s findings confirmed that the reports were a total fabrication and a clumsy attempt to subvert the course of justice.

“Our findings, backed by official court records and witness statements, reveal a starkly different reality from the narrative being pushed by Kyari’s camp. In their official witness statements, the convicted traffickers Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne categorically denied any contact or collusion with NDLEA officers at the Enugu airport in January 2022.

“The convicts confessed that their pictures and travel details were actually sent to Abba Kyari. Despite being on suspension at the time over another criminal case for which the United States government is still seeking his extradition to the US for trial, Kyari dispatched a team from Abuja to Enugu to intercept the traffickers for his own ends.

“The convicts have stated on record that while in Kyari’s custody, they were forced under duress to indict the NDLEA.

According to HURIWA, the “video confession” currently circulating was scripted, with Kyari’s men actively dictating what the suspects should say while the recording was being made.

HURIWA reminds the public that no amount of digital spin can erase the overwhelming evidence already admitted as exhibits in court. The world has seen the video of Abba Kyari handing over $61,400 to an NDLEA undercover agent.