The Police Service Commission (PSC) has set up an in-house panel to examine documents that indicted Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari in his dealings with suspected internet fraudster Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi.
Police set up another panel to probe Abba Kyari in Hushpuppi case
The new panel will assist the commission to make an informed decision when the report of the first panel is submitted.
Abba Kyari and Hushpuppi (BBC)
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An FBI report alleged that Kyari helped Hushpuppi defraud a Qatari businessperson of $1.1 million.
Kyari was subsequently suspended by the police high command and stripped of his position as head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), with a panel set up to investigate him.
However, a new panel has been charged with the responsibility of helping the commission make an informed decision.
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PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, says the panel is headed by the Director, Department of Police Discipline in the Commission, Tijani Mohammed.
Ani adds that “the report of the in-house panel is expected to assist the commission take an informed decision when the investigative panel report is submitted for the commission’s consideration.
“The commission had also directed the Inspector-General of Police to furnish it with information on further development on the matter for necessary further action.”
Kyari faces the possibility of an extradition to the United States to face trial, with Hushpuppi pleading guilty.
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