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Kyari Not Recalled By IGP Usman Baba – Force PPRO, Frank Mba

31Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

Kyari Not Recalled By IGP Usman Baba – Force PPRO, Frank Mba

The Nigeria Police Force has debunked reports that suspended Deputy-commissioner of Police Abba Kyari has been recalled to resume work. The spokesperson for the police, Commissioner Frank Mba dismissed the report. “How can the police recall an officer suspended by the Police Service Commission? he said. Kyari who was formerly OC SARS and commander of the Inspector-General of police Intelligence Response Team (IGP-IRT) had been under investigation after being indicted in a scam case involving Abbas Ramon, commonly known as Hushpuppi. The FBI alleged that Kyari connived with Hushpuppi to defraud a Qatari businessman of $1.1m. See Also: ASUU Rejected Planned N1m Undergraduate School Fees, Says Osodeke Giving an update on DCP Kyari’s case on Thursday, the IGP said the embattl...

IGP Queries Abba Kyari, As Malami Considers Extradition Request

19Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Nigeria

IGP Queries Abba Kyari, As Malami Considers Extradition Request

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has queried the erstwhile commander of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Abba Kyari, over the infractions noticed in his communication with Ramon Abbas, popularly called Hushpuppi, who is suspected of internet fraud. The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation is also looking into the request of extraditing the famed super cop to the United States of America. Daily Trust on Sunday learnt that the query was issued based on the findings by the Special Investigation Panel (SIP), which probeed the alleged indictment of Kyari by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Kyari was indicted by a US court as a conspirator in a $1.1 million fraudulent deal against a Qatari businessman by Hushpuppi. The Police Service ...

Abba Kyari Committed No Crime On US Soil, Shouldn’t Be Extradited – Panel

19Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

Abba Kyari Committed No Crime On US Soil, Shouldn’t Be Extradited – Panel

Embattled Super Cop, Abba Kyari may not be extradited as it could not be established that he committed a crime on US soil. This is according to a report by a panel setup by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali to look into an indictment on Kyari by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI over his ties to disgraced fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abass, a.k.a Hushpuppi. African News Today earlier reported that Kyari entered hot water after the indictment was made public. He was indicted by a US court for being a conspirator in a $1.1 million fraud setup by Hushpuppi against a Qatari businessman. In response to the development, the IGP setup a special panel to investigate Kyari. The panel was headed by DIG Joseph Egbunike. The Panel in a report submitted in August, establis...

Abba Kyari Asked Me To Pay Proceed Of Hotel Into My Account – Nosa Uhumwangho

2Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria

Abba Kyari Asked Me To Pay Proceed Of Hotel Into My Account – Nosa Uhumwangho

A lawyer attached to the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IGP-IRT), Nosa Uhumwangho, has explained how the embattled 'Super Cop', Abba Kyari, made him pay the proceed from a hotel owned by an alleged kidnap kingpin into his account. Uhumwangho stated this while appearing before the Nigerian Bar Association Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) on Wednesday. The lawyer said Kyari told him to pay the sum of N3, 075, 300, which was generated from De-English hotel, Enugu and another property at 21, Edinburgh Street, owned by late Collins Ezenwa also known as E-Money, an alleged kidnapper, into his (Uhumwangho's) bank. Kyari, who was suspended from the Nigerian Police Force, is under investigation after an indictment by the US Federal Bureau of Invest...

Police Panel Recommends Demotion For Abba Kyari To Prevent Extradition

28Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria

Police Panel Recommends Demotion For Abba Kyari To Prevent Extradition

The probe panel set up by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to investigate the erstwhile Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari, over his links with serial internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, submitted a compromised report, SaharaReporters has gathered. SaharaReporters learnt that the panel found Kyari guilty of some infractions after its investigations but recommended that Kyari should be demoted and not dismissed. Top sources in the Nigeria Police Force told SaharaReporters on Friday that the plot by the police authorities to hand Kyari a demotion was to frustrate his much anticipated extradition to the United States. It was earlier reported that the probe panel set up by the IGP after three weeks of dilly-dallying turned in it...

IGP Receives NPF Panel Report On DCP Abba Kyari

27Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria

IGP Receives NPF Panel Report On DCP Abba Kyari

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc on Thursday, 26th August, 2021, received the report of the NPF Special Investigation Panel (SIP) investigating the alleged indictment of the erstwhile Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The report was submitted by the chairman of the SIP, DIG Joseph Egbunike, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. DIG Egbunike, while presenting the report, appreciated the IGP for the confidence reposed on him and the members of the Panel to conduct the probe. He noted that the Panel commenced investigations immediately it was inaugurated on 2nd August, 2021 and the report submitted is an outcome of a painstaking, transparent and exhaustive investigative pro...

Abba Kyari: Police Provides Update On Status Of Investigation

18Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Crime, News, Nigeria, Security

Abba Kyari: Police Provides Update On Status Of Investigation

The Nigerian Police Force on Tuesday, dismissed reports that the investigation panel on DCP Abba Kyari has submitted its report. Recall that speculations and reports had it that the investigation panel on Abba Kyari had submitted its report to the Inspector General of Police. Reacting on Tuesday, DCP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer in a statement, dismissed the speculations, including that of online reports. See Also: IGP Queries Abba Kyari, As Malami Considers Extradition Request According to the statement, “The Nigeria Police Force wishes to inform the general public that the probe into the alleged indictment of DCP Abba Kyari by the FBI, being conducted by the NPF Special Investigation Panel (SIP), is still ongoing.” The Force PRO told members of the public that...

Hushpuppi: Reps Consider Reviewing Abba Kyari’s Honour

8Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Legislature, News, Nigeria

Hushpuppi: Reps Consider Reviewing Abba Kyari’s Honour

The House of Representatives has plans are not yet in motion to strip the suspended commander of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, of the honour conferred on him util he is proven guilty of the allegations brought against him by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States. Kyari has been suspended by the Police Service Commission on the recommendation of the IGP, Usman Baba, pending his investigation by Nigeria’s police authorities. Recall that the House had on June 11, 2020, honoured Kyari for his exceptional service to the Nigeria Police Force and Nigeria. The invitation and honour followed a motion moved by the member representing Chibok Federal Constituency in Borno State, Ahmad Jaha, two days earlier. Kyari, a Deputy C...

Implication Of Abba Kyari’s Probe On Buhari Administration – Former US Ambassador, Campbell

8Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, Crime, News, Nigeria

Implication Of Abba Kyari’s Probe On Buhari Administration – Former US Ambassador, Campbell

John Campbell, a former United States of America Ambassador to Nigeria, has said the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s probe of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and the ongoing probe by the Nigeria Police Force indicated some hope of police reforms under the Muhammadu Buhari's administration. Campbell, who is now the Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow For Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington D.C., wrote his reaction to the FBI’s probe of Kyari in relation to the police officer’s cozy relationship with serial internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi. The former ambassador to Nigeria between 2004 and 2007, stated in an article published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), that the probe of Kyari also showed a “hopeful ...

3Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Crime, News, Nigeria, Security

Disu Takes Over From Kyari at IRT

Inspector General of Police (IG) Alkali Baba Usman has appointed Mr. Tunji Disu, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), as the new head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Disu’s posting, the IG said, is on the heels of management’s decision to fill the leadership gap within the IRT and refocus the Unit for better service delivery. The appointment followed the suspension of Mr. Abba Kyari, (also a DCP) on the orders of the Police Service Commission (PSC). Kyari, who was until Saturday, the IRT head, was asked to step aside to pave the way for a probe into his alleged role in the internet fraud perpetrated by Rahman Abba (a.ka. Hushpuppi). In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, Force Police Public Relations Officer (FPPRO), Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police, sai...