The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja dismissed an application by the Federal Government filed for permission to extradite the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America, USA.
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government had filed a suit seeking to extradite Kyari to the United States of America.
The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, instituted the suit on behalf of the Federal Government.
Malami (SAN) filed the extradition charges under the Extradition Act and it is marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/249/2022.
The suit would allow the US government to question Kyari on allegations of fraud leveled against him.
Recall that internet fraudster, Abass Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi, implicated Kyari in a $1.1million wire fraud prompting the American government to request the extradition of Kyari to answer for the allegations.
In April 2021, a jury in America filed an indictment against Kyari with the approval of the US District Court and demanded that Kyari should stand trial for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft.
Consequently, the American embassy requested Kyari’s extradition saying, “on April 29, 2021, based on the indictment filed by the Grand Jury and with the approval of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, a Deputy Clerk of the court issued a warrant of arrest for Kyari.
“Kyari is the subject of an indictment in case number 2:21-cr-00203 (also referred to as 2:21-mj-00760 and 2:21-cr-00203-rgk), filed April 29, 2021, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.”
However, Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja division of the Court rejected the suit against Abba Kyari.
It could be also recalled that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had arrested Kyari on February 12 for investigation over allegations bordering on hard drug trafficking and had since been charged to court upon his indictment.
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