Chain Reaction: From Hushpuppi to Abba Kyari

<p>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.</p> <p>In today’s episode of The Backstory, we dig into the FBI’s court filings and uncover so much more to this story.</p> <p>YouTube video for this episode: <a href="https://youtu.be/z5UTXWq2nEk">https://youtu.be/z5UTXWq2nEk</a></p> <p>———————————————</p> <p>This episode was produced by Nabilah Usman, Anthonieta Kalunta, John Iwodi, Dominic Tabakaji and Sam Tabakaji.</p> <p>Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.</p> <p>Special thanks to Rabia Hadejia and Mala Iwa Gbado Ikaleku.</p> <p>Copyright (c) 2021 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.</p> <p>———————————————</p> <p>We used several sources for this episode including:</p> <p>▶︎Dubai Media Office:</p> <p>https://twitter.com/DXBMediaOffice/status/1276109374667264001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1276109374667264001%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fslate.com%2Ftechnology%2F2020%2F06%2Fdubai-police-fox-hunt-2-hushpuppi-arrest.html</p> <p>▶︎US Justice Department</p> <p>https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/nigerian-national-brought-us-face-charges-conspiring-launder-hundreds-millions-dollars</p> <p>https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/press-release/file/1292066/download</p> <p>https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/six-indicted-international-scheme-defraud-qatari-school-founder-and-then-launder-over-1</p> <p>▶︎Premium Times</p> <p>https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/476935-breaking-hushpuppi-police-suspend-abba-kyari.html</p> <p>▶︎HotNaija</p> <p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI_7D72XFpE&amp;t=5s</p> <p>Video by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pexels</p> <p>Video by Mikhail Nilov from Pexels</p> <p>Video by Carlos Arribas from Pexels</p> <p>Video by Kampus Production from Pexels</p> <p>Video by Amina Filkins from Pexels</p> <p>Video by Pressmaster from Pexels</p> <p>Video