Peoples Gazette
In recent years, Abba Kyari, the decorated Nigerian Deputy Commissioner of Police, rode with glee, the wave of his high-profile billing as a super cop who busted criminals. To many, he was the Nigerian answer to Jack Bauer, the Kiefer Sutherland’s character in Fox TV’s series, “24”. To others, he was at best Detective Alonzo Harris, Denzel Washington’s character in the movie “Training Day.”
Watching from a distance, one could see that the hype had already gotten into Mr Kyari’s head, even when he had not spent a decade on that pedestal. The prospects of him becoming a future Inspector General of Police in Nigeria brought chills down the spines of those who knew the true story of the FBI’s most famous director, John Edgar Hoover.
