The Police service Commission,PSC has suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police,Abba Kyari and Head of Intelligence Response Team(IRT) from office with effect from Saturday July 31 same day Inspector General of Police recommended his suspension from office.
This suspension according to Ikechukwu Ani, head of publicity and information unit of the PSC in a press statement, will be in force until the outcome of the investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of Intelligence,FBI.
He stated that the commission has also directed the Inspector General of Police to furnish it with information on developments in the case.
Full statement below:
POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION
PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT
PRESS RELEASE
FBI INDICTMENT:PSC SUSPENDS DCP ABBA KYARI, DIRECTS IGP TO FURNISH IT WITH INFORMATION ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
The Police Service Commission has suspended Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force from the exercise of the Powers and functions of his office .
Abba Kyari’s suspension took effect from Saturday, July 31st 2021 and would subsist pending the outcome of the investigation in respect of his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States .
The Commission has also directed the Inspector General of Police to furnish it with information on further development on the matter for necessary further action.
The Commission’s decision which was conveyed in a letter with reference, PSC/POL/D/153/vol/V/138 to the Inspector General of Police today, Sunday, August 1st, 2021, was signed by Hon. Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court and Honourable Commissioner 1 in the Commission for the Commission’s Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police who is currently on leave.
Ikechukwu Ani
Head, Press and Public Relations
Sunday, August 1st, 2021
