The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said the decision to extradite the disgraced and suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Abba Kyari to the United States will be decided by the court. He noted that due process would be followed to extradite Kyari following a request by a US court. Malami […]
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has urged the police panel probing embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to seize his phones and thoroughly analyse his oral and written communications on WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, amongst others. National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, made this known on Thursday in a […]
The United States District Court of California has requested 10-day pre-trial detention of Abba Kyari, the former Head of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). According to documents signed by Tracy Wilkinson, the Acting US Attorney, and sighted by ThisDay, the court wants Kyari detained for 10 days “on criminal grounds”. “Plaintiff, United States of America, […]
Dear Mr Olusegun Adeniyi, without efforts to join issues with you on an opinion expressed by you in your article of 5th August, 2021 on the above subject matter, the SSS takes exceptions to the part that states that “Hundreds of innocent citizens are currently languishing in Police and State Security Services (SSS) detention centres […]
Two fake Assistant Inspectors of Police, Bankole Odusi and Samuel Idowu have been arrested for impersonating police officers and unlawful possession of fire arms (improvise gun). Parading the suspects along with 17 others for various crimes include kidnapping, murder/ritual, cultism, robbery among others on Wednesday at Police headquarters in Asaba, the Commissioner of Police, Delta […]
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, says he does not know the residence of embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, who was indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an alleged role in a $1.1m fraud allegedly committed by money laundering suspect, Abass Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, and four others. The governor also said he […]
Former Head of Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, currently on suspension on Tuesday appeared before the Special Investigation Panel, headed by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department, Joseph Egbunike. Sources said the SIP which is sitting at the Force headquarters Conference room had DCP Kyari presenting his […]
Abba Kyari, suspended commander of the police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), has deleted a Facebook version of his statement in which he denied taking a bribe from Hushpuppi, the self-confessed international fraudster. US court documents had shown that Hushpuppi, whose real name is Ramon Abbas, claimed he bribed Kyari to arrest one Vincent Chibuzo, a […]
Embattled Nigeria’s most decorated ‘super cop’, Abba Kyari has created more confusion on the explanation he provided on his financial involvement with international Internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi. On July 29th, 2021 when the report of the indictment of the former leader of IGP Intelligent Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari by Hushpuppi […]
Mike Ozekhome, Senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) cannot treat Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of police (DCP), like a common criminal. In a Channels TV interview on Tuesday, the lawyer said Kyari is safe under the Nigerian law and cannot be just extradited to the US, even […]
