Pelumi Olajengbesi, the lawyer to the Yoruba Nation
activist, Sunday Adeyemo, (Sunday Igboho), has reacted to the suspension of
Abba Kyari, Deputy Commissioner of Police, by the Nigeria Police Force, NPF.
He urged the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba,
to make the trial of Kyari over alleged bribery open with full press access.
Olajengbesi made this known in a statement at the weekend titled, ‘Suspension of DCP Abba Kyari by Nigeria Police Force pending investigation by the special investigative panel commendable: A demand for transparency and matter to be conducted in an open panel with full press access’.
The statement read in part, “The Special Investigation Panel
must undertake the task before them with a sense of duty and loyalty only to
the truth. It must rid itself of bias considerations for, favourable or
unfavourable disposition to DCP Kyari while equally availing him ample
opportunity to make a representation of his defence against the allegations
against him.
“The very image of the Nigeria Police Force, particularly
its ethos and claims to be corruption-free is being examined by the watchful
public at national and international levels. IGP Usman Alkali Baba thus has an
uphill task to dutifully acquit himself in this matter and in doing so, help
save the reputation of the Nigeria Police Force.
“It’s, therefore, a demand in the interest of justice that
the conduct of the investigations be transparent and open, with full press
access. The NPF should know that Nigerians are struggling to trust the process
and in view of this the Press must be allowed unfettered access to its
proceedings for record and posterity sake, too.”
Recall that Kyari, who is the Head of the
Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), was suspended
over his link to the internet and cybercrime fraudster, Ramon Abass, popularly
known as Hushpuppi.
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, had
linked Kyari to Hushpuppi during their investigation.
The FBI had alleged that Hushpuppi bribed Kyari to jail an
errant gang member over a fraud deal worth millions of dollars.
Following the revelation, the Inspector-General of Police,
Usman Alkali Baba, had recommended Kyari’s suspension pending the outcome of
investigations.
But Kyari had since denied the allegations but admitted
acting as a go-between the fraudster and a local tailor in which Hushpuppi
allegedly made payments.
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