The United States Department of Justice has maintained that only President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime can provide reasons disgraced and suspended DCP Abba Kyari has not been extradited to the U.S.
Yesterday, Abba Kyari was declared for Cocaine trafficking and let arrested by the Nigeria Police force and handed over to National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
“As a matter of policy, the department generally does not comment on extradition-related matters. We defer any questions about the status of a defendant’s extradition to the foreign country,” Nicole Oxman, a spokeswoman for the DOJ, said.
Justice minister Abubakar Malami had disclosed on Channels TV that Mr Kyari, fingered in the Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas’ multimillion-dollar internet fraud scheme, may be extradited to the U.S. to face charges. However, Mr Malami did not provide a time frame for the process to be completed.
Mr Malami explained that Mr Buhari’s regime was collaborating with the U.S. government on Mr Kyari’s involvement with Hushpuppi. According to him, both countries had been “discussing and collaborating and there are exchange of correspondence from the perspective of investigation, from the perspective of extradition and associated things.”
Since the FBI uncovered Mr Kyari’s involvement in the multimillion-dollar internet scam by Hushpuppi and his syndicate, three separate panels had been set up by the police to examine and reexamine the case filed by the FBI against him.
