Abba Kyari has successfully deceived the public into believing that he is one incorruptible,

Written by Jones FCC

The Abba Kyari scandal has reenforced my long-held observation that; “In Nigeria, hypocrisy is the evidence of wisdom”. Today, people are more conscious of their reputation than their character. They can go to any length to create a saintly reputation for themselves even when the Devil might be an angel where they are.

Abba Kyari has successfully deceived the public into believing that he is one incorruptible, courageous, smart and patriotic detective. But, if the evidences from FBI and many revelations from Nigerians on their encounter with him is anything to go by, then, he might actually be worst than Evans, the kidnapper in his avarice, duplicity and incorrigibility. But, he has succeeded in keeping these sides of him covered with posts about his exploits in battles against criminals and regular sanctimonious blogs about patriotism and all those, apparently fake claims to being a model citizen and super cop.

You cannot be such a wonderful cop that you want us to believe you are and yet be found to be have been in bed with criminals and suspected criminals. Being a super cop involves more than merely cracking crime cells and arresting top criminals. You should also be above board yourself. Faith in your operations is vital and you can only get and retain that, not by being without imperfections, but by managing your imperfections in such a way that they do not come in direct conflict with your official duties.

Today, many notorious, but yet to be exposed bribe takers, perverts and cheats will be on the lead in castigating Kyari and calling for his head, even though their lives are all about fraud and worst crimes than Kyari has been found in. The other people are those whose purported integrity is yet to be tested, hence, they go on trumpeting their righteousness when they haven’t been in a situation where the trueness of their integrity would be put to test. Maybe, if Abba Kyari wasn’t commanding IRT, he would be in one local and non-lucrative posting castigating the person in his position and boasting about how he incorruptible he would have been. Today, the breeze has blown and the stump of the hen is revealed.

Beyond merely suspending Kyari, the Police hierarchy should extend the ongoing investigation to other members of the IRT and even other police departments. There was no how Kyari could have acted alone and there is no how his excesses could have been covered without the complicity of higher police officers.

MAY GOD HEAL NIGERIA!