A United States Court has ordered the arrest of Nigeria’s top cop and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Abba Kyari.
A District Court of California issued a warrant of arrest for Kyari over his role in series of fraud committed by notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi.
THISDAY gathered that Otis Wright of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest Kyari and produce him in the United States for his role in a $1.1million fraud.
US Court documents showed that American prosecutors first sought a court warrant to arrest Kyari on February 12, 2021.
Another warrant was requested on April 29, 2021.
It was further gathered that Judge Wright’s permission for the FBI to arrest Mr Kyari and hold him in U.S. custody was unsealed on July 26, 2021.
Hushpuppi had narrated to the US court how he allegedly bribed Kyari to arrest and jail one of his rivals in Nigeria over a disputed sharing formula in $1.1million dupe of Qatari businessperson.
Kyari has denied the allegations.
