The Police Service Commission (PSC) has directed that the investigation into the case involving the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari should be carried out by a different panel. The commission has also issued a two weeks ultimatum to the police to conclude their investigation. This was disclosed on Friday in a statement signed by PSC, Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani.
According to the statement, “The Commission took the decision at the continuation of its 14th Plenary Meeting which ended in Abuja on Thursday, February 11, 2022, and which was chaired by Alhaji Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police and Chairman of the Commission.
“The Commission at the Plenary Meeting also considered 20 pending disciplinary matters and five appeals and petitions from the Inspector General of Police and aggrieved serving and ex-police officers. It also considered five promotion appeals.”
Kyari was indicted in a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States of America in a case of fraud involving an Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi.
Prior to his suspension on August 1, 2021, Kyari was the head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
