Hushpuppi: Abba Kyari Knows Fate Soon As Probe Panel Submits Report

Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Thursday, received the report of the Police Special Investigation Panel (SIP) constituted to investigate the alleged indictment of the erstwhile Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI. 

Confirming the development, Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police and Force Public Relations Officer, said in a statement that the report was submitted by the chairman of the SIP, DIG Joseph Egbunike, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

 ​Mba said while presenting the report, DIG Egbunike appreciated the IGP for the confidence reposed on him and the members of the Panel to conduct the probe. 

The panel chair noted that the it commenced investigations immediately it was inaugurated on August 2, 2021 and the report submitted was the outcome of a painstaking, transparent and exhaustive investigative process. 

Egbunike further revealed that the report presented contained the case file of the probe, evidences and findings as well as testimonies from DCP Abba Kyari and other persons and groups linked to the matter.    

 IGP Baba who received the report, commended the Panel for the work done, saying the essence of the probe was to carry out discrete investigations into the allegation levied against the Officer to enable the Force leadership be appropriately guided in its decision-making processes. 

He assured that a careful and expeditious review of the recommendations would be undertaken by the Force Management Team and thereafter forwarded to appropriate quarters for necessary action.

Baba reiterated the commitment of the Force to justice for all.