Suleiman Mohammed, a lawyer of Abba Kyari, suspended deputy
commissioner of police (DCP), says his client did not operate a killer squad.
Kyari was suspended following allegations that he had links
to Ramon Abbas, an internet celebrity better known as Hushpuppi. Until his
suspension, the suspended DCP was the head of the intelligence response team
(IRT) of the police force.
The lawyer was reacting to reports that quoted Hushpuppi as
saying that the suspended DCP will go after his life if he exposed him.
Mohammed said Kyari has never been involved in a crime with
Hushpuppi.
“This official
response is for the purpose of clearing the air for people who may think
Kyari’s silence is a confirmation of the malicious lie,” he said in a statement
on Sunday.
“To start with, how come the death squad is not known to the
world or anybody until a purported plea bargain papers of a criminal
desperately seeking for soft landing came up? Is such a type of person or his
statements while seeking a mitigated sentence in a plea bargain something to
believe?
“Hushpuppi brought himself to meet Kyari through one Yomi
when Kyari visited Dubai with his family in September 2019. That was the first
and last time Kyari physically met Hushpuppi.
“Huspuppi called
Kyari for assistance, specifically to arrest one Vincent, whom he claimed
threatened to kill his mother.
“Vincent was indeed arrested as a preemptive measure but was
later released upon findings by the police that there was disagreement in the
sharing formula from their Internet fraud partnership.
“Vincent’s arrest was not done in secret. His detention was
with a valid court order for proper investigation for the several internet
frauds he confessed to have committed with Hushpuppi and many other fraudsters
in Malaysia, South Africa, Cyprus and Kenya.
“He was legally granted bail to a surety for the fact that
the alleged offences were bailable, more so in recognition of his deteriorating
health status that time.”
The lawyer said the IRT subsequently embarked on a sting
operation to arrest Hushpuppi.
“Kyari has done thousands of cases for Nigerians both rich
and poor including the richest persons in the country and never demanded for
one kobo for mobilisation from anybody despite the fact that there was very
little government funding for his department which covered less than 10 percent
of what was needed,” he said.
“Despite this, Kyari did all the cases diligently with full
commitment and dogged efforts that yielded positive outcomes more than 95
percent of the time.”
Kyari is currently standing trial for alleged drug trafficking charges preferred against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
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