Unending Troubles For Abba Kyari

<h4>Unending Troubles For Abba Kyari<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Abubakar Malami&comma; attorney-general of the federation&comma; says the federal government is working with the US on the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;possible extradition” of Abba Kyari&comma; suspended deputy commissioner of police &lpar;DCP&rpar;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In July 2019&comma; the Federal Bureau of Investigation &lpar;FBI&rpar; had revealed how Kyari allegedly collaborated with Hushpuppi&comma; a self-confessed international fraudster&comma; to jail one of the latter’s associates&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;after a dispute over a &dollar;1&period;1 million scam on Qatari business people”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The suspended police officer had&comma; however&comma; denied the allegation&comma; claiming that his &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hands are clean”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In August 2021&comma; Usman Baba&comma; inspector-general of police&comma; received the report of a panel set up to probe the bribery allegation against Kyari&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Days later&comma; Muhammad Dingyadi&comma; minister of police affairs&comma; said the panel report on Kyari had been submitted to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;">Malami&period;<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking on the report on Monday&comma; the attorney-general&comma; in an interview on Channels Television&comma; said the panel has established &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;reasonable ground for suspicion” which could lead Kyari’s extradition&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There are a lot of issues that are ongoing&comma; inclusive of the possibility of consideration for extradition and associated things&period; That is where the collaboration element of it comes into play in respect of all the two cases&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Asked if there is a possibility of extradition&comma; the minister said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;there could be a need or perhaps the possibility of making such request and they are looking into it&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Asked if the extradition request has been made&comma; Malami said discussions on the matter are ongoing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As far as I’m concerned&comma; the parties are discussing&comma; the parties are collaborating and there is an exchange of correspondence from the perspective of investigation&comma; from the perspective of extradition&comma; and associated things&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You can’t find someone guilty but perhaps the reasonable ground for suspicion can be established&comma; which would translate to prosecution&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That is what we are talking of — reasonable grounds for suspicion&period; Reasonable grounds for suspicion has been established&semi; that will eventually translate to the possibility of prosecution and eventually conviction if indeed at the end of the day&comma; one is adjudged guilty by the court of law&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The position now is that there is prima facie reasonable ground for suspicion that has been considered from the perspective of prosecution&comma; and for extradition if the need for so doing arises&period; That is what is unfolding in terms of international collaboration&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Source&colon; The Cable<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;