Amid growing calls from northern youth groups, the Borno State Youths Forum has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to order the immediate and unconditional release of embattled police officer DCP Abba Kyari, citing his past contributions to national security and claims of politically motivated allegations.
Open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Your Excellency Sir,
On behalf of Borno State Youths Forum (BSYF), we, the entire members of this forum, are appealing to you, Mr. President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Your Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to come to our aid and release DCP Abba Kyari unconditionally. The association is pleading that the government should recognize the outstanding and unprecedented service achievements recorded by DCP Abba Kyari when he was the commander of IGP IRT and when he served in Lagos State.
Even here in Borno State, sir, he and his team ended all the Boko Haram terrorist suicide bombings in the state by arresting all the Boko Haram terrorist commanders involved in over 130 suicide bombings in Borno State and destroyed their bomb-making factories. And sir, up to today, he is the only officer that arrested the Boko Haram terrorist members involved in the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping of 2014. Sir, also in Abuja, he arrested the terrorist group that conducted the last terrorist bombings in Nyanya and Kuje in 2015, which resulted in many deaths, and also discovered and destroyed two of their bomb-making factories in Gaulaka, Niger State. Since that operation, no terrorist bombing has been recorded in Abuja. We can’t forget his arrest of very deadly and notorious criminal kingpins across the country like Evans, Godogodo, Vampire, Ade Lawyer, Umar Abdulmalik, Halti, Zakari Yau, Ability, Dabo, Dogo Russia, etc.
The government also needs to recognize how he suffered and risked his life in maintaining peace, security, and the protection of lives and properties of the citizens of this country. DCP Abba Kyari received hundreds of awards within and outside Nigeria due to his tireless and outstanding efforts in promoting security through intelligence-led policing, use of human intelligence, technologies and technical intelligence, and cogent strategies in maintaining peace in every nook and cranny of this country.
For his service to the nation, he received:
Unprecedented triple IGP medals for courage in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Commendation award from the American FBI in 2019, for arresting the killers of a serving American soldier in Imo State, arresting the kidnappers of four white Americans in Kaduna State, and arresting the kidnappers of American citizen George Nathan in Sokoto.
Presidential medal for courage from President Muhammadu Buhari in April 2016.
Award for outstanding service to the nation from the National Assembly in June 2020, amongst many other unprecedented awards.
DCP Abba Kyari’s contributions toward Nigeria and Nigerians are uncountable, which easily erase whatever kind of trivial allegation is against him. In a nutshell, the weight of his contributions and achievements/service to this nation is thousands of times more than the false allegations against him, which is even a very clear malicious setup, personal vendetta, and a calculated attempt to tarnish his image and integrity in the eyes of peace-loving Nigerians.
Sir, the forum, therefore, is appealing and pleading to Mr. President to release DCP Abba Kyari unconditionally and call him back to his official duties in the interest of peace, justice, and national security of Nigeria.
These are our pleas, Your Excellency Sir.
Long live President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Long live Vice President Kashim Shettima
Long live Governor Prof. Zulum mni fsne CON
Long live Abba Kyari
Long live Borno State
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Signed
Borno State Youths Forum
