Crime
Police commission to decide Abba Kyari’s fate says, Minister
The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, has said the findings and recommendations on the former Head, Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, will be presented to President Muhammadu Buhari adding that the final decision will be taken by the Police Service Commission.
He added that the fate of the former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, would be determined by the President.
The Minister spoke on Tuesday as a guest on Channels Television’s programme, ‘Politics Today.’
Dingyadi said that the Presidency had yet to submit the report of the Justice Salami Panel to his ministry and the police authorities.
He said, “The matter has been investigated, and the man (Magu) is still in the service; he is still at the force headquarters.
“What I know is that the report of the committee has been submitted to Mr President and as far I know, no communication has yet been submitted to the ministry or the police force on this matter.
“So, we are waiting for the outcome and the public would be informed as and when the need arises.”
Responding to questions on Kyari, who was indicted for alleged involvement in a $1.1m fraud perpetrated by an Instagram Influencer, Abba Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi, the minister said, “The issue of Abba Kyari is in the public domain. By now, everybody has heard that the police have set up a committee to investigate all these allegations.
“You have also reported that the committee has submitted its report to the IGP and the report and recommendations have also been submitted to the Attorney-General for a legal opinion. Thereafter, we will take it to the President for final consideration.
“The matter also has some international connotations. So, we have to do due diligence to ensure that they do the right thing. There have to be some consultations with the ministries of foreign affairs and justice before the right decision is taken. After all these, the matter would be referred to the Police Service Commission for final decision.”
On repentant bandits, Dingyadi noted that the Federal Government had a responsibility to reintegrate them “peacefully and honourably into society.”
The Anambra State Police Command has foiled a cult initiation ceremony in Nawfia, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.
Spokesperson for the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Awka.
According to Ikenga, the operation was carried out by police operatives around 9:30am on June 15, leading to the arrest of six suspects at the scene.
Recovered during the raid were one Jojef pump action gun, two cartridges, and a golden-coloured Lexus SUV with registration number ATN 202 AE. Other items found include two cutlasses, two scissors, a cap bearing the inscription of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, charms, and substances suspected to be hard drugs.
“They are currently undergoing police interrogation to get more insight into their modus operandi, after which the case will be charged to court on the conclusion of the investigations,” Ikenga stated.
The police spokesperson reassured residents of the command’s unwavering commitment to fighting cultism and other related crimes across the state.
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Wednesday, remanded two persons, Olaitan Fasasi and Kehinde Tobiloba in a correctional facility over alleged attempted murder.
Fasasi, 40, and Tobiloba, 26, whose addresses were not provided, are being charged with conspiracy, attempted murder and membership of a secret society.
The Magistrate, Mr L.A Owolabi, did not take the plea of the defendants for want of jurisdiction.
Owolabi directed the police to forward the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.
He thereafter adjourned the case until May 31 for mention.
The Prosecutor, Josephine Ikhayere, told the court that the defendants committed the offences at about 5.02p.m on Feb. 15, at Mushin, Lagos.
She said that Fasasi, Tobiloba and others now at large, attempted to commit murder by shooting at a resident, Alfred Ademola.
“They armed themselves with a locally made gun. They belong to Eiye Confraternity, a group proscribed by law,”, she said.
Ikhayere said that the offences contravened Sections 230(1) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2012.
He said that the actions of the defendants also contravened Section 2(3)(a)(b)(c)(d) of the unlawful societies and Cultism Law of Lagos State Law.
An Area Court in Jos, on Tuesday, sentenced one Jeptha John, to three months imprisonment for stealing a Redmi mobile phone valued at N165, 000.
The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the John after he pleaded guilty to the offence.
The judge, however, gave the convict an option to pay N20, 000 fine and N50, 000 restitution to the complainant.
Bokkos said that if the convict defaulted in paying the restitution, three months should be added to his sentence to make it six months imprisonment.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp Monday Dabit, told the court that the case was reported at the B Division Police Station, Jos, on Dec. 1, 2024, by Ms Nerat Danjuma.
He said that the complainant alleged that the defendant trespassed into her house and stole her mobile phone valued at N165, 000.
The prosecutor further told the court that the offence contravened the Plateau State Penal Code, Law of Northern Nigeria.
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