Amid the police probe of his alleged involvement in a $1.1m
Internet scam allegedly carried out by an Instagram influencer, Abbas Ramon,
popularly known as Hushpuppi and four others, suspended former Head of the
Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari on Thursday resumed on social media
after a three-week self-imposed hiatus.
Following the outrage against his Facebook post on August 4,
2021, Kyari had deleted the post and disappeared from the Blueville.
However, the Borno State indigene took to his verified Facebook
page with over 450,000 followers on Thursday.
Kyari shared a 21-second hilarious TikTok video posted by
one Sanda Tobacco wherein a cart pusher was videoed displaying some roller
skating skills while the videographer laughingly said the cart pusher “is very
crazy wallahi!”.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent, Andrew
Innocenti, in a document titled, ‘Criminal Complaint By Telephone Or Other
Reliable Electronic Means’ filed before the United States District Court for
the Central District of California, had alleged that Hushpuppi contracted the
services of Kyari after a “co-conspirator,” Chibuzo Vincent allegedly
threatened to expose the alleged $1.1m fraud committed against a Qatari
businessman.
Innocenti, who said he ransacked the voice calls and WhatsApp conversations between Kyari and Hushpuppi had also alleged that the latter paid the police officer N8m or $20,600 for the arrest and detention of Vincent.
Kyari had taken to Facebook on July 29, 2021, to chronicle
his denial against the allegations but he later deleted the post after series
of editing and tweaking.
Aghast, many Nigerians had called for stern sanctions
against Kyari for his alleged complicity with a self-confessed fraudster like
Hushpuppi.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, had
subsequently constituted a Special Investigation Panel headed by the Deputy
Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations
Department, Joseph Egbunike, to probe the allegations.
But it was gathered that the Egbunike panel was too lenient
with Kyari due to past relationship.
The development could have been responsible for the Police
Service Commission’s recent announcement that it had set up an in-house panel
to study documents related to the indictment of Kyari by the FBI.
The commission stated that it had the final say on the
investigation of Kyari, adding that it was not bound to accept the
recommendations of the Special Investigation Panel set up by the IGP to probe
the DCP’s indictment by the FBI.
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Screenshot of the TikTok video shared by Abba Kyari on
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The Commissioner in charge of Media in the PSC, Austin
Braimoh, had said, “We are awaiting the report from the IG which is
constitutional as well. The in-house panel is also working, starting from the
department to the standing committee.
“We assure Nigerians that justice will be done and there is
no way anyone will teleguide the commission.
“If there is a need for the FBI report, we will request for
it; if it requires sending someone to the United States, we will send people
there without prejudice to what the IG panel has recommended.
“We are only following the constitutional procedure; the IG
must forward all his recommendations to us. We are not bound to accept the IG’s
recommendations but he must forward the report to us because we are the one
that would take the final decision.”
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