The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has rejected an application filed by the Federal Government seeking permission to extradite the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America, USA.
Muhammadu Buhari-led government had asked the court to okay Kyari’s extradition to face trial over his alleged involvement with a notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi.
Delivering judgement on Monday, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that the extradition application FG filed through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami was “incompetent and bereft of merit.”
According to the judge, Malami ought to be aware that the Extradition Act, forbade the surrendering of a defendant that is already facing trial before a competent court in the country
