Extradition: Abba Kyari To Know Fate, August 29

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, will on August 29 deliver judgement in the extradition suit filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, over his alleged link to the $1.1million Internet fraud perpetrated by Abass Ramon, well known as Hushpuppi, and four others.
Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel for the parties in the suit adopted their processes and presented their arguments in the matter.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), had filed an application before the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja for Kyari’s extradition.
The application marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/249/2022 was filed under the Extradition Act.
The suit, titled: “Application for the Extradition of Abba Kyari to the U.S.,” was dated March 1 and filed on March 2.
Malami hinged the application on a request by the Diplomatic Representative of the U.S. Embassy in Abuja.
The request is “for the surrender of Abba Alhaji Kyari, who is a subject in a superseding three counts indictment.”
Kyari, formerly the head of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, is to stand trial for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft.
He was accused of conspiring with Hushpuppi to commit the crime.
Kyari and six others are currently facing a separate trial on allegations bordering on drug trafficking before a sister court presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite.