PRESS RELEASE The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc has recommended the immediate suspension of DCP Abba Kyari, the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), from the Service of the Nigeria Police Force, pending the outcome of an ongoing internal investigations touching on him. The IGP, in his letter to the Police Service Commission, dated 31st July, 2021, noted that the recommendation for the suspension of the officer, is in line with the internal disciplinary processes of the Force. The IGP further noted that the suspension is also expected to…
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc has recommended the immediate suspension of DCP Abba Kyari, the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), from the Service of the Nigeria Police Force, pending the outcome of an ongoing internal investigations touching on him. The IGP, in his letter to the Police Service Commission, dated 31st July, 2021, noted that the recommendation for the suspension of the officer, is in line with the internal disciplinary processes of the Force. The IGP further noted that the suspension is also expected to create an enabling environment for…
The Attorney General Abubakar Malami has countered calls by junior labour minister Festus Keyamo and others for the chairman of the caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, to resign. Messrs Malami and Keyamo are both members of the ruling APC and also both Senior Advocate of Nigeria. In a 20 point statement released on Thursday, Mr Malami laid out his argument against the decision reached by the Supreme Court, describing the interpretation of the 1999 Constitution as “stretched.” “Therefore, it is shocking that the interpretation of Section 183…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has held a former president of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, in custody over allegations of theft and money laundering. Mr Saraki, a former Kwara State governor, was detained on Saturday, sources familiar with the development said, a situation that may trigger another episode of troubles for the politician. As senate president between 2015 and 2019, Mr Saraki spent a considerable time facing allegations of corruption and false declaration of assets. He was acquitted by the Supreme Court in June 2018. However, in his new case with the EFCC,…
Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode says the FBI is jealous of deputy police commissioner Abba Kyari and is out to tarnish the Nigerian crime buster’s image. Mr Fani-Kayode took to Twitter in a thread of tweets, arguing that the FBI, leading the investigation that revealed Mr Kyari’s involvement with Ramon Abbas (Hushpuppi)’s fraud syndicate, was out on a smear campaign against the embattled police officer. “A super cop that has risked his life protecting us from kidnappers, murderers and terrorists all these years and that has arrested more criminals than any other is accused of taking bribes…
Nigerian sprinter and 2008 Beijing Olympics silver medalist Blessing Okagbare has been suspended from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics competition less than a day after she qualified for the semi finals of the 100m. After easily qualifying for the semi finals yesterday with a time of 11.05, the four-time Olympian was due to compete in the semi finals on Saturday and was a favorite to bring an Olympic medal back home to Nigeria. The Athletic Integrity Unit of the Olympics confirmed today that she has now been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a human growth hormone. The…
The head of IGP Intelligence Response Team and a deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Abba Alhaji Kyari, has been indicted by the United States Department of Justice to have allegedly conspired with some other persons including Ray Hushpuppi to “commit wire fraud”. Vanguard reporter Rasheed Sobowale reached out to Thom Mrozek, Director of Media Relations, United States Attorney’s Office, to request full court documents indicting the police officer after a press statement by the US Department of Justice noted Hushpuppi allegedly bribed Kyari to arrest a coconspirator, Kelly Chibuzo Vincent.According to the court documents obtained by Vanguard,…
Nigerian police commissioner Abba Kyari left his official activities in Nigeria and flew to Dubai to enjoy a stupendous lifestyle with notorious Internet fraudster Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The September 2019 trip was only an episode of a mutually-beneficial cozy affair of Messrs Kyari and Abbas’ that was uncovered by American authorities as part of their ongoing prosecution of Mr Abbas for multimillion-dollar Internet fraud. Mr Abbas pleaded guilty this week after his legal representatives successfully negotiated a plea deal with prosecutors in Central California, court documents said. He faces up to 20 years…
Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas, the infamous Nigerian fraudster who recently pleaded guilty in the United States, has narrated how he bribed Nigeria’s celebrated police chief Abba Kyari, court documents seen. Federal authorities in the U.S. have been investigating Mr Abbas and his co-conspirators after their syndicate was busted in Dubai, New York and other top cities last June. Officials said in court filings that Mr Abbas disclosed during interrogation that he paid bribes to Mr Kyari, a deputy police commissioner, to have one of his rivals arrested and jailed in Nigeria following a dispute over a $1.1 million dupe of a…
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has assured that the state will soon attain its position as the heart of cocoa producing states in the country. Governor Akeredolu, who said massive production of cocoa is very important to his administration, disclosed that over 10,000 hectares of land have been cleared at Jugbere in Owo Local Government Area solely for the cultivation of cocoa. He explained that the cocoa revolution was supposed to have kicked off in the state, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari was billed to visit Jugbere before the dissolution of the last Federal Executive Council. The Governor spoke while…