The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will set up a panel to probe
Abba Kyari, one of its high-profile officers, over his alleged relationship
with Ramon Abbas, the self-confessed international fraudster.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has already
secured a court order for Kyari’s arrest following his indictment in the
confessional statements made by the man better known as Hushpuppi.
TheCable reports that FBI has contacted Nigeria police over
the warrant of arrest, but there is yet no official confirmation and the
details are still sketchy.
An international warrant of arrest can be executed through the INTERPOL but there still has to be a judicial pronouncement before Nigeria can hand over Kyari to the FBI for trial in the US.
The police have been silent on the Kyari twist to the
Hushpuppi saga.
But a senior officer who spoke said the police
hierarchy would first take an “in-house action” before any extradition process
can be discussed.
“The police headquarters will set up a high-powered panel to
probe the allegations against him before we decide on what to do next,” the
officer disclosed without giving further details.
Hushpuppi was arrested in the UAE in June 2020 alongside 11
of his associates over allegations bordering on hacking, impersonation,
scamming, banking fraud, and identity theft.
He had earlier pleaded guilty to the money laundering
charges against him, putting him at the risk of 20 years imprisonment.
In a recent court document, the social media celebrity had
alleged that he bribed Kyari to arrest a co-fraudster.
The crack investigator, however, dismissed Hushpuppi’s
claim, saying he did not receive any money from the socialite as alleged.
Amid the ensuing saga, additional court documents showed that the US district court in California had ordered the FBI to
arrest Kyari.
The extradition of Hushpuppi to the US had followed after
the UAE police detailed his arrest in a special operation dubbed ‘Fox Hunt 2’
where he was accused of defrauding 1.9 million victims to the tune of N168
billion.
The embattled Instagram celebrity was thereafter arraigned
and detained at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Chicago ahead of
his trial.
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