NDLEA seeks court order to extend Abba Kyari’s detention

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has filed an application in court for the extension of the detention of embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and four other suspects involved in the 25-kilogram cocaine deal.

Sources said the Agency’s officers are currently investigating assets he claimed to own in a video that has gone viral. The source said Kyari was the equivalent of El Chapo, in reference to a Mexican drug lord currently on trial in the USA.

The sources at the agency intimated Vanguard that Abba Kyari confessed to the ownership of the choice estates in Lekki, Victoria Island, Lagos, Gussappe, and Highbrow Asokoro in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The sources further said NDLEA operatives gave him an asset verification form to fill and are currently trying to verify the properties he mentioned in the confession video that has gone viral.

This is just as sources said they are also carrying out forensic analysis of the exhibits recovered from the suspects and other accomplices with a view to arresting all the suspects involved in the deal.

Furthermore, it was learned that the agency has beefed up security in and around their headquarters at Gambia, Area11, Garki, Abuja following fears that attempts may be made to free Abba Kyari and other police officers allegedly involved in the drug deal.

This development, according to sources, came as a result of privileged information made available to top officials of the agency that adequate care and security measures must be taken to ensure that Kyari and other outside forces do not spring the suspects from detention.