Biography, Net Worth, Age, Education, Family, Career, Awards & Cause Of Arrest Of Abba Kyari

Biography: The Nation has listed the 12 things you probably didn’t know about Abba Kyari.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday offered damning details of how the suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari offered its operatives $61,400 cash and negotiated the release of 25kg seized cocaine.

Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about Abba Kyari:

1. Abba Kyari was born on March 17, 1975.

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.

3. He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).

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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.

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9. He moved to Lagos State Police Command as 2 IC and later Officer-In-Charge of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

10. On August 1, 2021, he denied allegations he ever demanded or received a bribe from celebrity internet fraudster Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, from a $1.1million loot.

11. On Monday, February 14, 2022, NDLEA revealed how Abba Kyari offered $61,400 cash for the negotiated release of 25kg cocaine

12. He is happily married with children.