Abba Kyari: The Geriatric Scammer in Aso Rock
By now, most people know that Abba Kyari, President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, defrauded his own nephew by the name of Bako Waziri Kyari of N300,725,000 (three hundred million seven hundred and twenty five thousand naira)... a THREAD 1
By now, most people know that Abba Kyari, President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, defrauded his own nephew by the name of Bako Waziri Kyari of N300,725,000 (three hundred million seven hundred and twenty five thousand naira)... a THREAD 1
and caused him—and a police officer friend of his who wanted to help him-- to be arrested, detained, humiliated, and intimidate by DSS operatives for demanding that he be paid his money. 2
The money was for a contract to supply 15 Toyota Hilux vehicles for d Presidency (itself evidence of blatant corruption & abuse of due process), which his nephew executed but for which he wasn’t paid 'cos greedy & corrupt Abba Kyari cornered d money all to himself using a front 3
After losing my wife in 2010 and my dad in 2016, I thought I'd lost d capacity to cry over anything again. But after watching the viral video of the “Brekete Family” program where the viewer is scandalized with troubling revelations of Abba Kyari's eye-watering fraud and soulless
... treachery against his own blood relatives, I lost it.I didn't know when tears started rolling down my cheeks when the police officer narrated how hooded DSS men invaded his home, slammed his 2-year-old child on the ground, & whisked him away blindfolded & without shoes. 5
Bako Waziri Kyari, whom Abba Kyari defrauded of millions of naira, couldn't hold back tears, hard as he tried. In Nigeria, men are culturally socialized to be stoic, to not betray emotions, to not cry in public. 6
This is even more so for law enforcement officers who are trained to be tough and stern. But the police officer, a DSP, broke down in tears at various points in his recapitulation of the horrendous fraud and jungle justice Abba Kyari inflicted on him. 7
The evil, conscienceless villainy of Abba Kyari is just a tip of d unprecedentedly mindboggling corruption, abuse of power & debauchery of d Buhari presidency, details of which we will only know when Buhari’s presidency expires. Of course, nothing 'll come out of this. 8
When the same Abba Kyari took N500m bribe from MTN to help it mitigate d more than one trillion naira fine imposed on it by the NCC, Buhari looked the other way, like he always does when people in his inner circle are caught with their hands in the cookie jar. 9
Here is the full video for those of missed it:
