Who is Abba Kyari the officer indicted by Hushpuppi

Abba Kyari is a popular Nigerian Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team (IGP-IRT) and deputy commissioner of police. He was born on 17 March 1975 to the Kanuri family in the Gujba Local Govt area of Yobe State.

Mr Kyari is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). Prior to his appointment as IGP-IRT, he has served at Lagos State Police Command as the Officer-In-Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

More so. he became famous during the #ENDSARS Protest in October 2020 in Nigeria as well as for receiving bribes from popular Instagram celebrity and fraudster Hushpuppi.

Education

Abba Kyari grew up in Maiduguri, Borno State, where he did his Primary and Secondary Schools. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geography from the University of Maiduguri in 1997.

He did his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Akwa Ibom State in 1998 and joined the Nigeria Police Force as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 2000.

Career

However, after he completed his training in the Police Academy Wudil Kano, Kyari was posted to Adamawa State where he served in Song, Girei and Numan Local Govt. Area with remarkable success in crime bursting.

Mr Kyari stood out when he led the arrest of a notorious armed robber called, ‘Ndagi’ a.k.a Spirit.

Spirit held Numan, the third biggest town in Adamawa State hostage for several years before his eventual arrest. From then, there was no looking back for this intelligent officer with a sharp investigative mind and sometimes deadly courage.

Kyari joined the Police Mobile Force, popularly known as Mopol in 2005. And was there for about five years until his posting to Lagos Command October in 2010. He was deployed as the second in command (2/IC) to SARS and later became the OC SARS on January 15, 2011.

Evidently, Abba Kyari was promoted to Deputy Commissioner of Police in 2018. A well-deserved form of encouragement to service delivery from the Inspector General of Police and the Police Service Commission.

He is married with 5 kids.