The Police Service Commission, PSC, has set up a panel to probe the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.
Kyari, a former head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the
Nigeria Police Force, was suspended after an indictment by the FBI over
bribery allegations linked to suspected billionaire fraudster, Abbas
Ramon, also known as Hushpuppi.
After his suspension, he was probed by a Police Investigative Panel set
up by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba.
The panel was headed by Joseph Egbunike, a Deputy Inspector-General
of Police.
However, a fresh panel which was set up by the PSC is being headed by
Bar. Tijani Mohammed, Director, Department of Police Discipline in the
Commission and the Panel has been inaugurated by the Permanent
Secretary/ Secretary to the Commission, Alhaji Abubakar Ismaila.
According to a statement issued by the spokesman of the commission,
Ikechukwu Ani, the new panel is expected to examine the facts of the
allegations as contained in the FBI indictment.
The new panel will also to look at the extant rules as a means of keeping
abreast of the matter pending the submission of the report by the Police
Investigative Panel.
