The Police Service Commission (PSC) says it has inaugurated another in-house panel to probe the bribery allegations against Abba Kyari.
Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police and former Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector General of Police was suspended after his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI for his involvement in the multi-million dollar fraud.
A statement released by Ikechukwu Ani, spokesman of the PSC, titled ‘PSC waits for Abba Kyari report, sets up in-house panel’ said the new panel is headed by Tijani Mohammed, a lawyer and Director, Department of Police Discipline in the Commission.
The statement also clarified that the panel will examine the facts of the allegations as contained in the Federal Bureau of Investigation indictment and also look at the extant rules “as a means of keeping abreast of the matter” pending the submission of the report by the Special Investigation Panel earlier set up by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba.
It explained that the panel would “gather and document relevant information on DCP Abba Kyari in view of his disciplinary matter and to analyze the information gathered and make appropriate recommendation/s to the commission”.
“The report of the in-house panel is expected to assist the commission take an informed decision when the investigative panel report is submitted for the commission’s consideration,” read the statement.
“The commission had also directed the Inspector-General of Police to furnish it with information on further developments on the matter for necessary/further action.”
The panel was inaugurated by the Permanent Secretary/ Secretary to the Commission, Alhaji Abubakar Ismaila, and has started its work while the commission awaits the report of the DIG Joseph Egbunike-led investigative panel on the matter.
