A Federal High Court has rejected an ex-parte application for an order to stop the Nigerian Police Force and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, from arresting and extraditing the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling,rejected the motion which was filed by a group under the eagis of the Incorporated Trustees of Northern Peace Foundation.
He ordered the applicants, through their lawyer, Dr. Olukayode Ajulo, to turn the ex-parte application a motion on notice and serve all the relevant processes on Police and AGF.
He fixed further mention on the matter for September 9,2021
The group,in a 21-paragraphed affidavit of urgency, prayed the court for a temporary order of injunction against the two Defendants, pending the hearing and determination of their substantial suit.
DCP Kyari was indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, in the multi-million naira advanced fee fraud said to have been perpetrated by a Nigerian citizen, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, popularly known as Hussipuppi.
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