There is no formal report on Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari over his alleged involvement in Ramon Olorunwa Abbas aka Hushpuppi fraud case with the Police Service Commission (PSC).
The Commissioner in charge of Media on the board of the Police Service Commission, Mr. Austin Braimoh disclosed this to newsmen.
The United States Department of Justice had said ongoing investigations showed that Hushpuppi allegedly bribed Kyari to arrest one Kelly Chibuzo Vincent, one of his accomplices in Nigeria.
According to a court document released by the United States Department of Justice on Wednesday, titled: ‘Six Indicted in International Scheme to Defraud Qatari School Founder and then Launder over $1 Million in Illicit Proceeds’, Kyari was alleged to have been bribed to arrest one Kelly Chibuzor Vincent, 40, in Nigeria, who created bogus documents and arranged for the creation of a fake bank website and phone banking line to support the defrauding of a business person trying to provide $1.1m for.
Kyari denied the allegations, stating that he did not demand any money from Hushpuppi.
The Commander of the IGP Intelligence Response and Monitoring Team said he never demanded a dime from Hushpuppi, admitting his focus was to save people’s lives that were purported to have been threatened.
The report prompted the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to order a review of the information on Kyari.
Braimoh, while reacting to the development told Newsmen the PSC would not be bound by the IG’s review of the allegations against Kyari, noting the commission has no position on the allegation for now.
He added that a formal report must come from the appropriate quarters to the commissioner before anything is done.
He said the Attorney General and Minister of Justice need to guide the nation on what to do on the matter.
His words: “The PSC has no position on the allegations against DCP Abba Kyari for now.
This is because no formal report is before the Commission on the officer. All we presently hear are mare allegations from media outlets. No constitutional body works with such.
