The Police Service Commission (PSC) 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.
In a statement, Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, PSC, said 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.
Ani added that the commission has also directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to furnish it with information on further development on the matter for necessary further action.
He said the commission’s decision which was conveyed in a letter with reference, PSC/POL/D/153/vol/V/138 to the IGP, was signed by Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court and Honourable Commissioner 1 in the commission on behalf of the commission’s chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police, who is currently on leave.
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