America Has No Right to Demand for Extradition

America Has No Right to Demand for Extradition

By Balami Lazarus.

This is not a full story but just a comment from the unfolding event surrounding the embattled erstwhile Head of IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) DCP Abba Kyari. I am not in defence of Kyari in this matter.

America through her Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) has no right to demand for the extradition of DCP Abba Kyari one of the best crack police officers in the Force. Kyari was allegedly involved and accused of corruption for demanding and receiving bribes of money amounting to the sum of eight million dollars ($8millio) from one Mr. Ramon Abbas Olaruwo also known as Hushpuppi.

While some believed DCP Abba was accused of being bribed by Hushpuppi. Hushpuppi is also a suspected billionaire fraudster. Whatever the accusations are; and whichever might be the alleged crime is not my theme.

My concern in this alleged plot account is why should America demand for police officer Abba Kyari’s extradition to be tried in their land?

Was the purported crime committed there?

And if is there, why is he not arrested in America?

How true is this crime narration, that some people have taken sides and draw a conclusion as if they are courts of competent jurisdiction?

Nigeria is a sovereign nation and to interfere in her domestic affairs is an international gross misconduct to her sovereignty as an independent nation where we have a government, laws, security agencies and courts for trials and convictions.

Why then the hullabaloo?

I have never heard to this day, and even in history or in literature at the time of writing this comment that any western country including America extradites any of their citizen (s) to face trial outside their shores.

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And if there is, please let me know to plus my general knowledge henceforth. But foolishly some African countries tend to bow or dance to these demands at the snap of fingers. What a foolish act!

Balami, A Publisher/Columnist.