Abba Kyari Opens Up On His Relationship With Hushpuppi
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari has spoken about his involvement with international fraud suspect, Abbas Ramon (a.k.a Hushpuppi).
Kyari said his involvement with Hushpuppi was during his engagement, as a senior police officer, in a sting operation against the alleged fraudster, five months before his (Hushpuppi’s) arrest.
He faulted the extradition application filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) for his extraction to the United States (US).
Kyari argued that the offences in respect of which a three-count charge was filed against him in the US, for which his extradition was being sought, are not extraditable offences.
The suspended DCP stated these in a counter-affidavit he filed against the application for his extradition filed by the AGF, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/249/2022.
In the counter-affidavit, deposed to by Kyari’s junior brother, Mohammed, he stated: “The specified offences are not extraditable offences of a political character, and were in fact made for the purpose of prosecuting and punishing the Respondent on account of his race, nationality, and was not made in good faith nor in the interest of justice.
“The respondent is a senior police officer in Nigeria carrying out ‘sting investigation’ on Ramon Olorunwa Abbas or AbdulRahman Imraan Juma, otherwise known as Hushpuppi,” he said.
Kyari said he wrote to the Interpol and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) on January 28, 2020 and March 3, 2020 “in respect of the sting investigation being carried out by the respondent (Kyari). This was five months before the arrest of Ramon and others by the FBI.
“The request for the extradition is not supported by any document or verifiable evidence.
“The request is directed to undermine the crackdown on various crime gangs by the respondent in Nigeria and internationally, and has political undertone.
“The request is for purposes of persecuting or punishing the Respondent on account of his defence for the country.
The Nation
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