The Police Service Commission,( PSC) has given the Police High Command 2 Weeks deadline to conclude investigation in the celebrated case involving a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi. Kyari, who until his suspension by the Commission was the Officer in charge of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT),and had been indicted by a Report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States over alleged complicity in a money laundering case involving Hushpuppi. Subsequently, Kyari was also investigated by a special Panel set up by the Inspector General of Police.
The Report had earlier been forwarded to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice for legal advice by the Inspector General of Police.
The Commission also directed that further necessary investigation should take half the time it took the Police to conduct the original investigation and that the investigation should be carried out by a different panel.
Spokesman of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani said the PSC took the decision at the continuation of its14th Plenary Meeting which ended in Abuja on Thursday, February 11th 2022 and which was chaired by Alhaji Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police and Chairman of the Commission.
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