The Nigerian Police have arrested the suspended head of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari.
Details of his arrest were gathered by The PUNCH, according to the report he was arrested alongside four others on Monday.
Kyari’s arrest comes hours after National Drug Law Enforcement Agency declared him wanted over alleged drug links.
The suspended DCP is also under investigation after the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America indicted him in the case of fraud involving Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi.
Earlier on Monday during a press briefing in Abuja, NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, explained how Kyari belonged to a drug cartel that operates the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit drug pipeline.
The anti-drug agency said Kyari contacted one of its officers in Abuja and struck a deal to secure the release of a total of 25kg seized cocaine.
Babafemi said, “After the Agency gave the officer the green light to play along, he and Kyari began a WhatsApp call for the rest of the day. The officer conveyed “their” willingness to play the game.”