A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday rejected an ex-parte application for an order restraining the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and extraditing suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed while ruling on the application, said he was not inclined to granting the relief sought in the ex-parte motion and therefore ordered that the ex-parte motion should be converted to a motion on notice.
Justice Mohammed directed the applicant to serve the originating processes on the respondents being the NPF and AGF.
The motion ex-parte was filed by the Incorporated Trustees of the Northern Peace Foundation through their lawyer, Kayode Ajulo.
While moving the motion, Ajulo said his client has also filed the originating processes in relation to substantive suit.
The plaintiff in the substantive suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/854/2021, is querying the propriety of the alleged threat to arrest and extradition of suspended DCP Kyari in relation to his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States.
Kyari was indicted by a U.S. court as a conspirator in a $1.1 million fraudulent deal against a Qatari businessman.
