NDLEA vs ABBA KYARI: THE FACTS NIGERIANS NEED TO SEE
Nigerians deserve to know the truth behind the case involving DCP Abba Kyari, the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The facts, testimonies, and video confessions of the drug traffickers involved in this matter reveal a very different story from what has been circulated in the media.
The Real Story
On 19 January 2022, the Police IRT arrested a group of drug traffickers at the Enugu Airport car park—outside the airport premises—after they had been cleared by NDLEA officers inside the airport.
Six days later, on 25 January 2022, the Police voluntarily transferred the arrested suspects and the seized drugs to the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja.
This transfer was made because, in their video and written confessions, the arrested traffickers indicted NDLEA officers at the Enugu Airport, confirming that those officers had been facilitating drug shipments for over two years. These confessions were recorded officially by the Police before the handover.
A Case of Vendetta and Persecution
The truth is now clear:
This entire saga between NDLEA and Abba Kyari’s IRT appears to be driven by vendetta, envy, and institutional witch-hunt.
The Police officers arrested genuine international drug traffickers and refused to compromise; yet today, those same officers remain in detention for over four years on bailable allegations, while the real criminals they caught were given soft landing and released on 19 May 2023, after just 16 months in prison.
It is an irony and a tragedy that the officers who upheld the law are being persecuted, while the agency most indicted in the case continues to operate without accountability.
Critical Questions NDLEA Must Answer
Question 1:
Who arrested the drug traffickers and voluntarily transferred them to NDLEA after six days of investigation?
Answer: The Police IRT, not the NDLEA.
Question 2:
Why were the NDLEA officers on duty at Enugu Airport on 19 January 2022 — the same officers indicted by the traffickers’ confessions — never arrested or prosecuted?
Answer: Because the NDLEA has shielded their indicted officers up to this day.
Question 3:
Why did the NDLEA fail to arrest the identified drug kingpin, Mr. Patrick Chukwujekwu, whose name, phone number, and Lagos address were provided to them by the traffickers handed over by the Police?
Answer: Because arresting him would have exposed the extensive drug network he operated with certain NDLEA insiders.
Question 4:
If the Police IRT officers were truly part of a drug syndicate, as alleged, why did they arrest the traffickers in the first place?
Would any syndicate member arrest his own partners and then hand them over to NDLEA instead of collecting money and freeing them?
Answer: Clearly not. The logic fails entirely.
Question 5:
NDLEA claims the Police took some portion of the drugs before transferring them.
But if the Police refused the traffickers’ offer to take all the drugs and let them go — as the traffickers themselves testified in court — why would they take part of it?
Answer: The claim is baseless and contradictory.
Question 6:
Why is the NDLEA trying so hard to cover up for its indicted officers in Enugu?
Instead of facing the truth, NDLEA resorted to media propaganda, AI-generated fake videos, and other fabrications.
How can officers who arrested and voluntarily handed over suspects and evidence now be accused of bribery?
If they were guilty, why didn’t they expose the video confessions of the traffickers to the media before handing them over? They didn’t — out of respect for NDLEA as a sister agency. And this is how they are being repaid.
Question 7:
Does NDLEA have the moral standing to prosecute this case, being the most indicted agency in the same matter?
Do they have a conscience?
Conclusion: Nigerians, Open Your Eyes
This is not merely a legal battle; it is a struggle between truth and power.
The facts are on record:
The Police IRT made the arrests.
The suspects’ confessions indicted NDLEA officers.
The Police voluntarily handed over the suspects and evidence.
The real traffickers have been freed, while the honest officers remain detained.
Such injustice and selective persecution can only happen in a system where truth is sacrificed for politics and personal interests.
Nigerians must shine their eyes and see through the deliberate distortion of facts.
Justice delayed is injustice sustained — and in this case, justice itself is being weaponized.
Jonathan Jackson, is an Investigative Journalist based in Abuja, Nigeria
