According to the evidence we have, Nigerian authorities are in talks to extradite suspended police officer Abba kyari to the United States for his alleged role in Hushpuppi’s multi-million dollar fraud.
Abubakar Malami (SAN), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, made the revelation after being given an interview on the matter.
According to him, the Hushpuppi and others case has both national and international implications.
Actions have been taken; it is still a work in progress on a local and international level, and we are doing everything we can to ensure that justice is served in accordance with the law, regardless of who is involved.
When it comes to criminality, Nigeria and the United States naturally collaborate when there are aspects of crimes committed in different jurisdictions.
“It is an issue that has international and national dimensions.
Actions have been taken, it is a work-in-process locally and internationally and we are doing whatever it takes to ensure justice is done within the context of the law regardless of the personalities that are involved.
When criminality is involved, Nigeria and US naturally work together when there are elements of the offences that have taken place in the diverse jurisdictions.
So, Nigeria is doing the needful by way of supporting what America is doing for the purpose of ensuring that the cases are tried accordingly within the context of the American context of it.
And then, eventually, if there is need for local prosecution, nothing stops it. There are a lot of issues that are ongoing inclusive of the possibility of consideration for extradition. That is where the collaboration element of it comes into play.
As far as I am concerned, the parties are discussing, the parties are collaborating, there are exchanges of correspondence from the perspective of investigation, from the perspective of extradition, and associated things.
Reasonable grounds for suspicion have been established and that will eventually translate to the possibility of prosecution and conviction if indeed one is adjudged guilty by the law.”
