The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is mounting pressure on the inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Baba, to provide deputy commissioner of
“Further developments on this case will be communicated to members of the public accordingly.”
Meanwhile, three alleged conspirators mentioned in the case involving DCP Abba Kyari have been arrested. They are Yusuf Adeyinka Anifowoshe , Rukayat Motunraya Fashola and Bolatito Tawakalitu Agbabiaka .Court documents showed that Anifowoshe and Fashola were arrested at their separate homes in New York on July 22.
Mojeed said the extortion was done in 2014 when Kyari was the officer in charge of the now disbanded special anti-robbery squad in Lagos. In the petition, Mojeed said his ordeal began on the night of October 18, 2014, when four gun-wielding policemen from SARS broke into his house. He was later arraigned on a charge of stealing N97 million and for over one year, the matter was in court but the police never showed up or brought any witness.According to the petition, while in detention, “The police under the supervision and threat of Abba Kyari forced him to sign three Zenith Bank cheques in the sum of N150,000 each making N450,000 in total on October 22 – 23, 2014 and gave the sum to one Alabi Olawale Nurudeen who is also one of their cronies to withdraw”.
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