Police Commission Raises Panel to Probe Allegations against Kyari

Kingsley Nwezeh

The Police Service Commission (PSC) Thursday set up an in-house panel to study in details available documents related to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari, former head of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force indicted by a report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States.

A statement signed by the Spokesman of the commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, said the panel was expected to examine the facts of the allegations as contained in the FBI indictment and also look at the extant rules as a means of keeping abreast of the matter pending the submission of the report by the police investigative panel.

The panel headed by the Director, Department of Police Discipline in the Commission, Mr. Tijani Mohammed, has as its terms of reference; to gather and document relevant information on DCP Abba Kyari in view of his disciplinary matter and to analyse the information gathered and make appropriate recommendations to the commission.

“The panel which was inaugurated by the Permanent Secretary/ Secretary to the Commission, Alhaji Abubakar Ismaila, has started work while the commission awaits the report of the DIG Joseph Egbunike Police Investigative Panel on the matter.

“The report of the in-house panel is expected to assist the commission take an informed decision when the police investigative panel report is submitted for the commission’s consideration”, it said.

The commission had earlier suspended DCP Kyari, former Head, Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force.

The suspension which took effect from Saturday, July 31st, 2021, according to the commission, is to subsist pending the outcome of the investigation in respect of his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States.

The commission had also directed the Inspector General of Police to furnish it with information on further development on the matter for necessary further action.