Tag: Abba Kyari

You can’t extradite Abba Kyari, Abuja court declines FG’s request

Jide Ige

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out a Federal Government request to extradite the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America, USA, to face trial over his alleged involvement with a notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. The court, on Monday, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that the extradition application FG filed through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, was “incompetent and…

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Abba Kyari denies having any secret deal with Hushpuppi

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Nigeria police’s top crime burster DCP Abba Kyari has denied conniving with known fraudster Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. United States authorities said on Wednesday that Hushpuppi reached out o Kyari to arrest one Kelly Chibuzo Vincent, who participated in a fraud scheme with Hushpuppi and Abdulrahman Imraan Juma, a Kenyan national. Hushpuppi, Vincent and Juma were alleged to have defrauded a Qatari of $1.1 million. A dispute arose in the gang, which prompted Vincent to contact the victim and claim that Abbas and Juma were engaged in…

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US accuse Abba Kyari of complicity in Hushpuppi’s case

Jide Ige

United States authorities Wednesday said one of Nigeria’s top policemen, Abba Kyari, allegedly worked with Ramon Abass, also known as Hushpuppi, to punish the latter’s partner with whom he defrauded a Qatari of $1.1 million. Kyari is a decorated deputy commissioner in the Nigeria Police Force. The accusation came after Hushpuppi reportedly pleaded guilty to charges of fraud in an American court on Tuesday. But Kyari denied any wrongdoing, saying that Hushpuppi’s partner was arrested after his office was called about a potential case of threat to life. “Nobody demanded…

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COVID19: Scare in Health Ministry as Minister, Ehanire disappears from public glare

Jide Ige

The disappearance from the public glare of the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, is generating panic thereby leading to insinuations that the minister has gone into self-isolation after suspected contact with the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, who tested positive to Coronavirus on Monday. National Infinity reports that Kyari had travelled to Germany via Egypt on March 7, 2020, and developed severe cough during a meeting on containing the coronavirus in Nigeria on Sunday. Ehanire’s last public appearance was on Monday when he presided over a…

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