PSC Directs Police To Conclude Investigation On Abba Kyari In 2 Weeks

The Police Service Commission has given the police two weeks to conclude investigation on the case involving suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, The Punch reports.

According to a statement signed by the Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, the Commission also directed that the investigation should be carried out by a different panel.

The Commission took the decision at the continuation of its 14th Plenary Meeting which ended in Abuja on February 11, 2022, chaired by retired Inspector-General of Police and Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Musiliu Smith.

Kyari, until his suspension by the Commission, was the officer in charge of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team.

A report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States had indicted him in the case of fraud involving Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi.

The report was investigated by a special panel set up by IGP Usman Alkali who also forwarded it to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, for legal advice.