According to a report by The PUNCH, the Police Service Commission has
suspended a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence
Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, over his
indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for alleged
involvement in a $1.1m internet fraud.
This came a few hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba,
recommended the “immediate suspension” of Kyari, from the Nigeria
Police Force.
The police commission said Kyari’s suspension took effect on Saturday, July 31, 2021.
The statement titled, ‘FBI indictment: PSC suspends DCP Abba Kyari,
directs IGP to furnish it with information on further developments’, was
signed by the commission’s Head, Press, and Public Relations, Ikechukwu
Ani, on Sunday.
The statement read, “The Police Service Commission has suspended
Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence
Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force from the exercise of the
Powers and functions of his office.
“Abba Kyari’s suspension took effect from Saturday, July 31st, 2021, and
would subsist pending the outcome of the investigation in respect of
his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United
States.
“The Commission has also directed the Inspector General of Police to
furnish it with information on further development on the matter for
necessary further action.
“The Commission’s decision which was conveyed in a letter with
reference, PSC/POL/D/153/vol/V/138 to the Inspector General of Police
today, Sunday, August 1st, 2021, was signed by Hon. Justice Clara Bata
Ogunbiyi, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court and Honourable
Commissioner 1 in the Commission for the Commission’s Chairman, Alhaji
Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police who is currently on
leave.”
The FBI criminal complaint lodged at the United States District Court in
California had listed Abass Ramon, aka Hushpuppi; and Kyari among six
suspects indicted in a $1.1m international fraud conspiracy.
The other suspects include AbdulRahman Juma (Abdul); Vincent Kelly
Chibuzo (Kelly); Rukayat Motunrayo Fashola (Morayo); and Bolatito
Tawakalitu Agbabiaka (Bolamide).
Kyari, who is popularly known as ‘super cop,’ had been under fire since
the FBI, last Wednesday, unsealed a 69-page court document showing that
he had been under investigation by the Bureau for his alleged link to
Hushpuppi, who had pleaded guilty to fraud.
In the case marked 2:21-cr-00203, USA VS Abba Alhaji Kyari dated April
29, 2021, the FBI asked a US District Court in California to order the
arrest of Kyari for 10 days.
The IGP in an earlier statement said Kyari’s suspension was expected to
create an enabling environment for the NPF Special Investigation Panel
to carry out its investigations into the weighty allegations against him
without interference.
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