The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc has today, 2nd August, 2021 approved the posting of DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The posting of the officer is on the heels of Management’s decision to fill the leadership gap within the IRT and refocus the Unit for better service delivery. 2. The IGP has charged the new Head of the IRT to demonstrate his professional competence in his leadership of the Unit. He also assured citizens that the IRT will remain focused in the discharge…
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Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode charged Nigerians to stand in solidarity with embattled police officer Abba Kyari who was fingered in multimillion dollar Internet fraud with Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. It was earlier reported how Hushpuppi, an Internet kingpin, bribed Mr Kyari to jail his turncoat co-conspirator Kelly Chibuzo and how an American court ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to arrest and detain Mr Kyari for his role in multimillion-dollar fraud involving Huspuppi. This development elicited much criticisms from Nigerians and engineered the eventual suspension of Mr Kyari from work while he is being…
Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode charged Nigerians to stand in solidarity with embattled police officer Abba Kyari who was fingered in multimillion dollar Internet fraud with Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. It was earlier reported how Hushpuppi, an Internet kingpin, bribed Mr Kyari to jail his turncoat co-conspirator Kelly Chibuzo and how an American court ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to arrest and detain Mr Kyari for his role in multimillion-dollar fraud involving Huspuppi. This development elicited much criticisms from Nigerians and engineered the eventual suspension of Mr Kyari from work while he is being probed by the…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, has been a wanted person since 2017 for filing 652 fraudulent tax returns in the U.S., the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed in the latest court document. Mr Rufai, a top aide on special duties, was suspended by Mr Abiodun following his indictment by the FBI for his role in a $650 million (N312 billion) employment fraud. In the document, the Nigerian politician charged with “participating in a massive fraud on the United States” has been “doing this for years” and “this is what he does,” a U.S. official told the court…
Contrary to claims that he did not receive money from Ramon Abass known as Hushpuppi, Nigeria’s deputy police commissioner Abba Kyari received N8 million to arrest and jail Kelly Chibuzo Vincent, the internet fraudster’s co-conspirator, intercepted communication obtained by FBI indicated. Mr Kyari had denied any wrongdoing after a court document exposed how Mr Abbas bribed him to arrest Mr Chibuzo following a dispute over the proceeds of crime. In a statement on Facebook, the senior police officer narrated that Mr Abbas called him two years ago to complain about a person threatening to kill his family. He said the…
President Muhammadu Buhari appears to have become a special ambassador to Indian social media platform Koo as his image was featured on Koo’s social media advert with the app promising to provide “exclusive updates from him only on Koo App!” The app Koo, similar to Twitter, emerged onto the Nigerian market in June. This was soon after the Nigerian government banned Twitter and its operations within the country. Twitter was banned two days after the platform removed a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists in the South-East region of the country. Koo’s…
Says AGF should guide PSC as it has received no formal report on allegations against Abba Kyari Says it will conduct a separate investigation even if IGP’s probe is concluded The aftermath of the order by a United States court to the FBI to arrest Nigerian Police Officer, DCP Abba Kyari in connection to a $1.1million fraud perpetrated by Fraudster, Abbass Ramon aka Hushpuppi, the Police Service Commission said on Saturday that It is strange that a US court could order the arrest of a non-citizen, a Nigerian citizen resident in Nigeria saying Nigeria is a sovereign nation with its…
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, on Sunday, sounded a note of warning that “nothing must happen to DCP Abba Kyari”. AYCF issued the warning while berating the United States, US, court that ordered the arrest of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima also dismissed what it described as “the attempted intimidation of a police officer right inside his independent fatherland”. In a media release he signed, Shettima rejected the purported plan to arrest DCP Kyari, describing the move by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, as “totally unacceptable, a slap on the sensibility…
Atraditional ruler in Osun State, Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has condemned the increasing rate of ritual killings in parts of the country, calling on the government to legislate a capital punishment for ritual killers. “Ritual killing is prevalent and consumes more innocent souls than Boko Haram and banditry,” Mr Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, claimed without any evidence at a book presentation in Abuja on Saturday. “Private parts of women, men, children are harvested; people are killed on a daily basis by these ritual killers all because of money. “It is anti-human.” A United Nations Development Programme…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended Abba Kyari from office as a deputy commissioner of police and head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Mr Kyari’s suspension is based on the recommendation of Inspector General of Police, Usma Baba. The police chief recommended the suspension as a temporary measure while the police investigate Mr Kyari’s relationship with popular fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly called 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. The PSC in a statement released on Sunday afternoon by its spokesperson,…