Hushpuppy: Court Throws Out Application To Extradite Abba Kyari To US
A Federal High court sitting in Abuja has today struck out the application filed by the federal government seeking to extradite the super Cop, Abba Kari to the United States to face a trial in an alleged fraud-related case. Justice Inyang Ekwo, the trial judge hinged his decision on the premise that Kyari was already facing a trial in Nigeria filled by the Attorney general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA against him. The Judge submitted that section 3 of Nigerian Extradition Law forbids the country from extraditing someone whose undergoing a trial in the country until the case is concluded against them.