Chain Reaction: From Hushpuppi to Abba Kyari

In October 2019, the FBI made an arrest in an airport somewhere in the US. That arrest led to the downfall of a popular Nigerian instagram influencer and now a highly decorated Nigerian police officer is fighting to save his reputation and career.

In today’s episode of The Backstory, we dig into the FBI’s court filings and uncover so much more to this story.

YouTube video for this episode: https://youtu.be/z5UTXWq2nEk

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This episode was produced by Nabilah Usman, Anthonieta Kalunta, John Iwodi, Dominic Tabakaji and Sam Tabakaji.

Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.

Special thanks to Rabia Hadejia and Mala Iwa Gbado Ikaleku.

Copyright (c) 2021 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.

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We used several sources for this episode including:

▶︎Dubai Media Office:

https://twitter.com/DXBMediaOffice/status/1276109374667264001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1276109374667264001%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fslate.com%2Ftechnology%2F2020%2F06%2Fdubai-police-fox-hunt-2-hushpuppi-arrest.html

▶︎US Justice Department

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/nigerian-national-brought-us-face-charges-conspiring-launder-hundreds-millions-dollars

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/press-release/file/1292066/download

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/six-indicted-international-scheme-defraud-qatari-school-founder-and-then-launder-over-1

▶︎Premium Times

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/476935-breaking-hushpuppi-police-suspend-abba-kyari.html

▶︎HotNaija

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI_7D72XFpE&t=5s

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