A viral photo has emerged showing the moment the suspended police chief, Abba Kyari was lifted shoulder high by his excited colleagues.
A twitter user by the name Demola of Lagos claimed the occasion was the announcement of the news of Abba Kyari’s recall from suspension.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police was placed on suspension and relieved of police duties pending the outcome of an internal investigation into his alleged connection with fraudster Ramon Abbas, popularly known as “Hushpuppi”.
Demola of Lagos claimed the Inspector General of Police lifted the suspension on the embattled cop, prompting his excited colleagues to react in wild jubilation.
The photo shows some of his colleagues bearing Abba on their shoulders. Some others held their rifles in one hand while raising the other hand in jubilation.
However, the news of Abba’s recall cannot be confirmed at the time of filing this report.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba as recently as Thursday told State House correspondent in Abuja, that the police were working closely with the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Attorney General of the Federation to discharge the appropriate sanction on Kyari.
He also explained that the panel constituted to investigate the case had submitted its report to the SGF, Boss Mustapha, for vetting and advice on the findings.
According to him, the police had only recently received feedback from the SGF and were contemplating their next step.
The IG said, “I have not received any extradition request formally. But I have read from other places that there was an extradition request. I’ve not seen it and that is one.
“Two, when this issue of Kyari started, we took our own action by constituting a panel to look at the allegations that were made against the senior officer.
“The allegations were based on fraternising with Hushpuppi and even receiving some series of instructions on extrajudicial torture and so on. We looked into all these allegations via the committee that was set up by the DIG and we submitted our report to the SGF on the findings of our investigation.
“We just received the legal advice from the office of the Attorney General on what to do next in terms of asking the officer to account for what we have gathered in the course of our investigation.”
