“I Promise To Be A Good Boy To You Sir” – FBI Drops Conservations Between Hushuppi and Abba Kyari (screenshots)

 

The FBI in the United States has revealed how it discovered and apprehended Nigeria’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, as a co-conspirator of Ramon Abbas, alias Hushpuppi.

The US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said that Abba Kyari, a high-ranking Nigerian police officer who has received numerous awards, was one of six people indicted in an elaborate scheme masterminded by celebrity fraudster Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas to defraud a Qatari businessperson of more than $1 million.

Thie revelation came in an affidavit provided by Andrew John Innocent, the Special Agent before the US District Court.

Kyari left his duties in Nigeria in 2019 and travelled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to “have a good time” with Hushpuppi, who stayed at Palazzo Versace in the Emirati commercial city, according to the FBI.

Huspuppi seems to have initially interacted with Mr Kyari during the police officer’s trip to Dubai in September 2019, according to the FBI special agent.

From the conversations that ensued between them, it revealed that Hushpuppi ordered a car to move Kr Kyari around in Dubai. Special Agent Innocent added;

“Soon thereafter, KYARI sent ABBAS a video slideshow which showed some personal photographs of KYARI, some of which appeared to have been taken in the U.A.E,” 

He said further that later in September “after KYARI sent ABBAS an article that discussed him arresting alleged kidnappers, ABBAS wrote, in part, to KYARI, ‘Am really happy to be ur boy,’ and later, ‘I promise to be a good boy to u sir’.”

The affidavit also revealed that Abba sent a photograph of himself sitting at a desk in his office on September 8, 2019 using the phone number +234909999**** to Hushpuppi.

The affidavit reads: “For example, using the phone number +234909999****—which ABBAS had saved as ‘ABBA KYARI’—KYARI sent ABBAS the following photograph, on September 8, 2019.”

FBI Special Agent, Innocenti, said in the court documents: “I reviewed online articles about KYARI, which indicated that KYARI is an Inspector General of the Police’s Intelligence Response Team and a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Nigeria. KYARI previously managed the Special Anti- Robbery Squad, commonly known as SARS, as the Officer-In-Charge for several years. Articles referred to KYARI as a ‘super cop’ of the Nigeria Police Force, and described him as ‘The Most Decorated Officer In The History Of The Nigerian Police.’ 

“KYARI has been awarded many accolades, including recognition for his performance by the Nigerian House of Representatives in June 2020, which KYARI informed ABBAS of via the news article discussed above.

“I also reviewed other articles, from October and November 2020, which indicated that KYARI had been accused of falsely arresting and extorting a businessman in Lagos. Based on those articles, KYARI’s work, in general, appears to have related primarily to kidnapping cases, and I did not see any articles suggesting that KYARI worked on fraud cases.

“Finally, I have reviewed a certified NIV application submitted by ABBA ALHAJI KYARI, in April 2019. This application included one of the aforementioned phone numbers (0909999****) that KYARI used to communicate with ABBAS, as well as a date of birth in March of 1975, and KYARI’s Nigerian passport number ending in 3677. The NIV application also included the following photograph, which is consistent with the other photographs of KYARI shown above:

“Based on messages I reviewed, ABBAS appears to have first interacted with KYARI in September 2019, when KYARI travelled to the U.A.E. The conversation indicated that ABBAS sent a car and driver to drive KYARI during that trip. Soon thereafter, KYARI sent ABBAS a video slideshow which showed some personal photographs of KYARI, some of which appeared to have been taken in the U.A.E. Later in September, after KYARI sent ABBAS an article that discussed him arresting alleged kidnappers, ABBAS wrote, in part, to KYARI, ‘Am really happy to be ur boy,’ and later, ‘I promise to be a good boy to u sir,'” the affidavit read.