The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba has said he is not aware of any request for the extradition of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. He spoke on Thursday while briefing State House reporters at the Ministerial briefing, organised by the Presidential Communication Team, at the State House, Abuja. Speaking on the embattled Kyari, and the famed extradition request made by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for the senior officer, the IGP said he had yet to receive any such request. On August 26, IGP Baba, received the report of the panel set up to probe the bribery allegations against Kyari over his alleged relationship with Hushpuppi, the self-confessed international fraudster. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had earlier revealed how Kyari allegedly collaborated with Hushpuppi to jail one of the latter’s associates, after a dispute over a $1.1 million scam on Qatari business people.
But Kyari denied the allegation, claiming that his “hands are clean”.
In September, Muhammad Dingyadi, minister of police affairs, had said the panel report on Kyari had been submitted to Malami.
“I have read it from the social media that there was an extradition request. I have not seen it; I’ve not heard it formally” he said.
“We just received the legal advice from the office of the attorney-general and we’re working on what to do next.”
He, however, added that the police will work on the legal advice by the AGF “to ask Kyari to account for what we have found out”.
