Kyari and his team were said to have seized Ezenwa's properties worth billions of naira.
Nosa Uhumwangho, a lawyer attached to the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IGP-IRT), has explained how the embattled 'Super Cop,' Abba Kyari, forced him to deposit the proceeds from a hotel owned by an alleged kidnapping kingpin into his account.
On Wednesday, Uhumwangho testified before the Nigerian Bar Association's Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC).
According to the lawyer, Kyari instructed him to deposit N3, 075, 300 from the De-English Hotel in Enugu and another property at 21, Edinburgh Street owned by late Collins Ezenwa, also known as E-Money, an alleged kidnapper, into his (Uhumwangho's) bank.
Kyari, who was suspended from the Nigerian Police Force, is being investigated following an indictment by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for his relationship with Ramon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, a popular fraudster.
He has denied the corruption allegations leveled against him. However, in a 131-paragraph affidavit submitted to the NBA's LPDC on 30 June 2021 and obtained by Sahara Reporters, Uhumwangho stated that Kyari had authorized him to deposit the money into his Zenith Bank personal account for "reasons best known to them."
In the affidavit, the lawyer also stated that Kyari's team had previously instructed Tochukwu Okeke, a notorious cult member, to collect rents from late Ezenwa's properties on his behalf.
Okeke is currently being held at the Nigerian army's 82 Division for allegedly sponsoring members of the Indigenous People of Biafra in the southeast.
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