The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has no reason to shield anyone who may be indicted in the course of the ongoing investigation of illicit drugs involving deputy commissioner of police, Abba Kyari.
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi on Wednesday said it remains committed to evidence-based investigation and its resolve cannot be weakened by any misrepresentation of facts.
The agency’s statement followed one by the police for it to fish out its officers who were alleged accomplices to Kyari.
Reacting to the development in a statement, Babafemi said the agency needs to correct some inaccuracies in the information in the public space that NDLEA officers at the Enugu airport were the ones who received from the cartel details about the mule coming from Addis Ababa.
The NDLEA spokesman said a recording in the agency’s possession showed that it is an established fact that it is “Abba Kyari’s team that was contacted by the cartel and without doubt the records clearly show how their ring works.”
Babafemi said: “Recall that after NDLEA requested for Kyari and others for interrogation, they were questioned by the police, after which they were handed over along with the report of their interrogation.
“According to the police investigation report, ASP James Bawa in his statement to the police reveals that ‘he was called by an informant identified as IK from Brazil who told him that a drug courier will be arriving onboard Ethiopian Airlines in Enugu.
“He explained further that a pointer from IK, the Brazil-based informant met with him at about 1420hrs on 19th January 2022 outside the airport and showed him a picture of the courier. Subsequently, they sighted the suspect as he exited the airport terminal after all arrival clearance formalities, and he was arrested with another associate.’”
