LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ramon Abbas – known to his 2.5 million Instagram followers as Hushpuppi – is considered by the FBI to be one of the world’s most high-profile fraudsters and faces a prison sentence of up to 20 years in the US after pleading guilty to money laundering. The BBC has used newly available…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 31 lawyers have expressed their interest in defending Abba Kyari, Deputy Commissioner of Police who was suspended in connection with a $1.1m scam involving a self-confessed fraudster, Ramon Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi. Barrister Bappah Salisu, who spoke for the group of lawyers drawn from the 19 Northern states in the…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspended deputy commissioner of police Abba Kyari on Tuesday appeared before the special investigation panel headed by the deputy inspector-general of police in-charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department, Joseph Egbunike. The panel sat at the Force headquarters in Abuja and ended its session at 8 pm. According to a source,…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A prominent lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has said the United States must make a formal request for the extradition of Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari. Kyari was indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the fraud case against Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi in the US. The indictment was followed…