Narrating what transpired in the video,
the NDLEA said;
“The saga started on Friday, January 21,
2022, when DCP Kyari initiated a call to
one of the NDLEA officers in Abuja at
2:12 pm. When the officer returned the
call two minutes later, Kyari informed
him he was coming to see him, to
discuss an operational matter after the
Jumaat service.
“He appeared at the agreed venue of
the meeting with the officer and went
straight to the crux of the matter.
“His team had intercepted and arrested
some traffickers that came into the
country from Ethiopia with, according
to him, 25kg of cocaine. He proposed a
drug deal whereby he and his team are
to take 15kg of the cocaine and leave
10kg for the prosecution of the suspects
arrested with the illicit drug in Enugu.
In the meantime, the purloined cocaine will be replaced with a dummy worth 15kg.
He asked the NDLEA officer to persuade
men of the FCT Command, to play along
as well.
“By 11:05 am on Monday, January 24,
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.
“At this point, Kyari disclosed that the
15kg (already taken out) was shared
between the informants that provided
information for the seizure and himself
and his men of the IRT of the Nigerian
Police. According to him, the informants
were given 7kg while his team took
8kg which was already sold. He then
offered to pay the NDLEA team (that is
the officer and the FCT commander)
by selling, on their behalf, half of the
remaining 10kg, thereby further reducing
the original cocaine for the prosecution
to just 5kg. At N7m per kilogram, the
proceed from the 5kg would amount to
N35N
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