A Federal High Court in Abuja will today deliver a judgment
in a suit instituted by the Federal Government seeking to extradite the
suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP, Abba Kyari to the United States of
America.
The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, acting on
behalf of the Federal Government filed the extradition charges against Kyari to
pave the way for his extradition to America to answer fraud allegations in the
United States of America.
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja division of the Court will
hand over the verdict that would determine the fate of suspended Police Chief.
Specifically, our correspondent sighted the notice of judgment in the suit indicating that it will be delivered this morning, with the notice served on the Federal Government and the legal team of Abba Kyari.
An internet fraudster, Abass Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, had in
America implicated Kyari in a $1.1million wire fraud prompting the American
government to request for the extradition of Kyari to explain his own side of
the story.
The AGF, Abubakar Malami (SAN) filed the extradition charges
under the Extradition Act and it is marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/249/2022.
In April 2021, a jury in America filed an indictment against
Kyari with the approval of the US District Court and demanded that Kyari should
stand trial for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity
theft.
Consequently, the American embassy requested for Kyari’s
extradition saying, “on April 29, 2021, based on the indictment filed by the
Grand Jury and with the approval of the United States District Court for the
Central District of California, a Deputy Clerk of the court issued a warrant of
arrest for Kyari.
“Kyari is the subject of an indictment in case number
2:21-cr-00203 (also referred to as 2:21-mj-00760 and 2:21-cr-00203-rgk), filed
April 29, 2021, in the United States District Court for the Central District of
California.”
Malami had while filing the charge said that the request for
the surrender of Kyari was not made to persecute or punish him on account of
his race, religion, nationality or political opinions but in good faith and the
interest of justice.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had also
arrested Kyari on February 12 for investigation over allegations bordering on
hard drug trafficking and had since been charged to court upon his indictment.
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