District Court of California in the United States has requested a pre-trial arrest and detention of the suspended commander of the Intelligence Response Team and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Abba Kyari, for 10 days.
US court papers were signed by Acting US Attorney, Tracy Wilkinson and two other officials, requested a 10-day pre-trial detention of Kyari on criminal grounds.
Kyari was suspended over his involvement with internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi. The US District Court of California also indicted Kyari over his involvement in the $1.1million fraud committed by Hushpuppi.
According to the court papers: “Plaintiff, United States of America, by and through its court of records hereby requests detention of defendant (Abba Kyari) and gives notice of the following factors: temporary detention requested on the following grounds: that (b)the defendant is an alien not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or (c) defendant may flee,” it said.
Kyari, in his claims on Facebook which he has edited more than 12 times, insisted that Hushpuppi only reached out to his team to help him recover N8 million for a friend.
He also appeared before the DIG Joseph Egbunike special investigation panel on Tuesday, where he presented his defence. The committee is sitting at the Force Headquarters Conference room, Abuja.
Thisday reports that the committee was considering his defence even as he was expected to attend daily sittings of the panel.
