The Police Service Commission has suspended Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force.
Abba Kyari’s suspension took effect from Saturday, July 31st 2021 and would subsist pending the outcome of the investigation of his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States.
This was disclosed in a statement released on Sunday by the Police Service Commission’s Head of Press and Publicity, Ikechukwu Ani.
Kyari’s suspension is based on the recommendation of the Inspector General of Police, Usma Alkali Baba, as a temporary measure while the police investigates Kyari’s relationship with popular Nigerian fraudster, Ramon Abbas, well known as Hushpuppi.
The highly decorated officer was indicted by a U.S. court as a conspirator in a $1.1 million fraudulent deal against a Qatari businessman.
Read full statement below;
FBI INDICTMENT: PSC SUSPENDS DCP ABBA KYARI, DIRECTS IGP TO FURNISH IT WITH INFORMATION ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
The Police Service Commission has suspended Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force from the exercise of the Powers and functions of his office.
Abba Kyari’s suspension took effect from Saturday, July 31st 2021 and would subsist pending the outcome of the investigation in respect of his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States.
The Commission has also directed the Inspector General of Police to furnish it with information on further development on the matter for necessary further action.
The Commission’s decision which was conveyed in a letter with reference, PSC/POL/D/153/vol/V/138 to the Inspector General of Police today, Sunday, August 1st, 2021, was signed by Hon. Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court and Honourable Commissioner 1 in the Commission for the Commission’s Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police who is currently on leave.
Ikechukwu Ani
Head, Press and Public Relations
Sunday, August 1st, 2021
