Abba Kyari, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), deleted all posts on his Facebook page shortly after uploading 462 pictures from the wedding of Maina Alkali, son of Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), in Maiduguri.
Shortly after he made the post, many news platforms reported his public appearance which appeared to have made him delete his previous posts on Facebook.
In some of the pictures, he was seen shaking hands with immediate past Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu, Obinna Iyiegbu popularly known as Obi Cubana and others.
The wedding also had in attendance, the Senate President Ahmad Lawan; former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima; Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika; President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote; Managing Director/CEO of Tiamin Rice, Aminu Ahmed, among other dignitaries.
It was also learnt that the event was attended by host Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno and his Yobe and Jigawa State counterparts, Mai Mala Buni and Badaru Abubakar respectively.
Kyari’s presence at the wedding was the first in months since he came under investigation over alleged involvement in an international scam.
According to US court documents in 2021, Hushpuppi, whose real name is Ramon Abass, alleged that he bribed Kyari to arrest Vincent, a co-fraudster.
Hushpuppi, self-confessed fraudster, was arrested in the UAE and accused of defrauding 1.9 million victims to the tune of N168 billion.
The fraudster said he gave Kyari money to arrest and jail “one of his rivals in Nigeria after a dispute over a $1.1 million scam on Qatari businesspeople”.
At the time, Kyari denied receiving money from Hushpuppi, adding that “my hands are clean”.
The DCP, however, admitted to having knowledge of the money-related dispute, saying Vincent was arrested but was later released on bail.
Kyari was suspended as the commander of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) last August and a panel was set up to investigate him. But the outcome of the probe is yet to be disclosed despite the promise of the IGP to do so.
Amid this spectacle, the IGP had ordered an internal probe of the allegations against Kyari, while naming Tunji Disu as head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) — a unit previously led by DCP Kyari.
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