Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has given an update on the fate of the former Commander of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari.
Baba disclosed that the police authorities have submitted a report of the probe to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), adding that they are waiting for advice on the report before acting.
He also noted that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Justice Minister Abubakar Malami (SAN) has advised the police on the controversy.
Baba spoke at the weekly briefing coordinated by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He said the AGF advised the police to confront Kyari with the findings of the panel that investigated allegations that the embattled IRT commnader received gratification from and fraternised with an Instagram influencer, Abbas Ramon, popularly called Hushpuppi.
Hushpuppi, 29, pleaded guilty to money laundering in a United States (U.S.) court on July 29, 2021.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), he contracted Kyari to detain a co-conspirator, Chibuzo Vincent, for threatening to expose the alleged $1.1 million fraud committed against a Qatari businessman.
Baba said: “We looked into all these allegations by a committee that was set up and chaired by a DIG (Deputy IGP). We submitted our report to the SGF for vetting and advice on the findings we got from the investigation.
“We’ve just received legal advice from the Office of the Attorney General and we are working on it, on what to do next in terms of asking the officer to account for what we have gathered in the investigation and what we will do next. But as for extradition order, I have not received any, I’ve not heard of any.”
He pledged the assurances of the police to act on the advice of the AGF “to ask Kyari to account for what we have found out”.
