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Hushpuppi: US Court Orders FBI to Arrest Police Boss, Abba Kyari, Over Involvement in Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud

Ben Memuletiwon July 29, 2021

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A court in the United States of America has issued a warrant of arrest for Nigeria’s super detective, Abba Kyari.

Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, is being desperately wanted in the US to state all he knows over his alleged role in a multi-million naira scam in which he was named by serial internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, a.k.a Hushpuppi.

According to court documents reportedly seen by People’s Gazette, Otis Wright of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FIB) to track down Kyari and produce him in the United States for his role in a multi-million dollar fraud perpetrated by Ramon Abbas, a.k.a Hushpuppi and his co-conspirators.

The court said Hushpuppi allegedly conspired with five others to defraud the businessperson by claiming to be consultants and bankers who could facilitate a loan to finance the construction of a school in Qatar.

The five include Abdulrahman Juma from Kenya, 28; Chibuzo Vincent from Nigeria, 40; Yusuf Anifowoshe, 26; Rukayat Fashola, 28, and Bolatito Agbabiaka, 34.

However, Hushpuppi allegedly hunted Vincent after a dispute broke out among the team after the latter threatened to expose the fraud to the Qatari businessman.

“According to the affidavit, Kyari is a highly decorated deputy commissioner of the Nigeria Police Force who is alleged to have arranged for Vincent to be arrested and jailed at Abbas’ behest, and then sent Abbas photographs of Vincent after his arrest. Kyari also allegedly sent Abbas bank account details for an account into which Abbas could deposit payment for Vincent’s arrest and imprisonment,” the statement partly reads.

The FBI said Abbas and Kyari had been friends and were both involved in a conspiracy to launder money.

American prosecutors first sought a court warrant to arrest Kyari on February 12, 2021, according to court documents seen by People’s Gazette.

Another warrant was requested on April 29, 2021.

Judge Wright’s permission for the FBI to arrest Mr Kyari and hold him in U.S. custody was unsealed on July 26.

Hushpuppi had narrated how he bribed Kyari to arrest and jail a fellow fraudster, Kelly Chibuzor Vincent, after both were locked in a dispute presumably over how to share the $1.1million loot received from the Qatari businessperson.

Abbas (Hushpuppi), 37, who was arrested in Dubai, last June, had pleaded guilty to a multi-million fraud earlier this month and faces up to 20 years in jail.

He will be sentenced in the coming weeks and will forfeit some of his assets and his rights to appeal while also paying restitution to victims of his years-long fraud.

Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner of Police Kyari took to his Facebook page, Thursday, to thrash the allegation, declaring that he did not receive any money from Hushpuppi.