Extradition: Kyari’s defenders suffer first defeat in court

The Incorporated Trustee of Northern Peace Foundation seeking to restrain the police authorities from arresting or handing over embattled DCP Abba Kyari to FBI has hit a brickwall.

The suspended super cop remains vulnerable for now.

A Federal High Court in Abuja rejected the groups ex-parte application for an order restraining the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and extraditing suspended Kyari the FBI wanted for his complicity in cyberfraud scheme in 2020,

Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling on Thursday, said he was not inclined to granting the relief sought in the ex-parte motion.

Justice Mohammed ordered that the ex-parte motion should be converted to a motion on notice and served same, along with the originating processes, on the respondents – the NPF and AGF.

Kyari is still under investigation, after which his fate will be decided by the Police Service Commission.

EX parte orders, one-sided requests for restraints, have been abused in Nigeria legal proceedings.

The Foundation’s lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, while moving the motion on Thursday, said his client has also filed originating processes in relation to substantive suit.