The embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari will know his fate on August 29, on an extradition suit that was filed against him in court.
The federal government filed the suit in a bid to have Kyari extradited to the United States to face trial over his alleged involvement with a notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi.
Abba Kyari’s fate will be known on August 29 after Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, fixed the date for judgment on the proceedings
Justice Ekwo announced the date after Kyari’s lawyer, Nureini Jimoh (SAN), argued and faulted the extradition application filed by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), praying the court reject the order.
AGF’s Lawyer, Pius Akutah, who countered the argument, insisted that the AGF had complied with all requirements for an extradition process.
Akutah prayed the court to allow the application to go through and order the AGF to surrender Kyari to the United States so he could face trial over his alleged involvement with notorious international internet fraud suspect, Abbas Ramon, also known as Hushpuppi, who was arrested last year.
At his recent arraignment, Kyari asked that his extradition to the United States be stopped by the court and claimed that his arrest and detention had political undertones, racism and attempts to rubbish his commendable service to the Nigerian Police Force.
The embattled DCP Kyari who is presently in prison custody after his arrest on drug-related charges filed fresh processes before the court and alleged that the plan to send him to the US for prosecution was just to punish him.
In a counter-affidavit filed by his younger brother, Mohammed Kyari, the suspended DCP maintained that every allegation pending against him was not an extraditable offence.
The counter-affidavit read: “I know as a fact that the specified offences are of a political character and were, in fact, made for the purpose of prosecuting and punishing the respondent on account of his race, nationality and was not made in good faith nor in the interest of justice.
“The request for the extradition is directed to undermine the crackdown on various crime gangs by the respondent in Nigeria and internationally and has political undertone.
“The request is also for purposes of persecuting or punishing the respondent on account of his defence for the country.
“The respondent is confronted with series of charges to break him down because of his achievements and various national honours.”
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