Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has stated that he has yet to receive a formal request for the extradition of Abba Kyari, a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police.
This was mentioned by Baba during a press conference on Thursday.
The IGP, on the other hand, stated that he had received input from the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, on the legal advice he had requested.
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On August 26, Baba received the report of the panel tasked with investigating the bribery charges leveled against Kyari in connection with his alleged connections with Hushpuppi, a self-described international fraudster.
After a dispute over a $1.1 million scam on Qatari businesses, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed how Kyari reportedly colluded with Hushpuppi to arrest one of the latter’s partners.
Kyari, on the other side, disputed the accusation, maintaining that his “hands are clean.”
The panel report on Kyari had been given to Malami, according to Muhammad Dingyadi, minister of police affairs.
In response to the development, Baba stated that the police had received the AGF’s legal advice, but that he had not received any formal request for Kyari’s extradition to the United States in connection with the claims.
I saw on social media that an extradition request had been made. He stated, “I haven’t seen it; I haven’t heard it formally.”
We just got legal counsel from the attorney general’s office, and we’re figuring out what to do next.”
He did add, though, that the police will work with the AGF’s legal guidance “to ask Kyari to answer for what we’ve discovered.”