The Police Service Commission (PSC) in Nigeria has approved the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, for the suspension of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, over his alleged links to a $1.1 million fraud by Husspuppi.
The PSC in announcing Kyari’s suspension in a statement by the Head Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, said the suspension takes effect from Saturday, July 31 and subsists pending the outcome of the investigation on his indictment by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Ani said, “The Commission’s decision which was conveyed in a letter with reference, PSC/POL/D/153/vol/V/138 to the Inspector General of Police today, Sunday, August 1, was signed by Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court and PSC Commissioner 1 and the Commission’s Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Smith, a retired IGP, who is currently on leave.”
