Top lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has given reasons why the United States must make a formal request for the extradition of Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police.
Kyari has been indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the fraud case against Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi in the US.
The FBI subsequently issued an order for his arrest.
Ozekhome, speaking to Arise News on Monday, claimed the FBI can’t just come to Nigeria to arrest Kyari without going through an extradition process.
According to him, “When America demanded Abba Kyari, I heard people say FBI can now arrest Abba Kyari. No, you cannot do that. Nigeria is a sovereign country for crying out loud, no matter how down in the doldrums we have become.
“FBI cannot simply come here and pick up Abba Kyari. You must go through the extradition process as established in the Extradition Act of the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004. You have to look at Sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the extradition act.”