The Federal Government has began the process of extraditing the suspended head of Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari to the United States.
The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, prayed the Federal High Court to grant approval for immediate extradition of Kyari to the U.S to face trial over an alleged $1.1 million fraud.
Recall that the United States has written to Nigeria requesting for the extradition of the police chief to face trial in their country after he was indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations of the United States in 2020 for conniving with international fraudster Ramon Abbas, alias Hushpuppi to defraud a Qatari businessman of millions of dollars.
Now the Federal Government has grant the U.S request to extradite the suspended cop.
AGF Malami said Mr Kyari should be extradited to face trial in the U.S. because his case there was solid and not politically or religiously motivated.
In the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/249/2022 and filed directly with the Chief Judge of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court and first reported by Vanguard, the attorney-general said it was the U.S. Embassy in Abuja that submitted the request for Mr Kyari to be handed over for onward transfer to the FBI.
It was not immediately clear if dates have been assigned for hearing on the request or how soon it would be granted.
Meanwhile, Abba Kyari is still in the custody of the NDLEA over alleged international drug dealing.