The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has described as false the media reports that his Office had conclusively exonerated Abba Kyari who is facing trial before on charges of illegal drug business.
The clarification was made by Dr Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations on Sunday in Abuja.
According to him, there appears to be a misunderstanding regarding the issue.
“It was a case of work in progress in which the office of the Attorney General of the federation requested for further probe in relation to some aspects of the investigation.
“It’s clear that the conclusion on the alleged contradiction on the issue was a clear case of misconception.
“The office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice’s stance is that no conclusion has been reached in the direction of absence of evidence relating to the first report”.
He said that the issues were raised for further investigation with a view to cover all fields in the investigation in order to arrived at informed decision.
There were reports in the media that Malami may be plotting to save a former Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, from facing criminal prosecution for alleged money laundering.
The reports alleged that Weeks after directing the police to probe him for allegedly receiving 33 proceeds of crime, stating that a case of money laundering had been established against Kyari, the justice minister in a new legal advice said there was no evidence to show that money was laundered by the senior police officer.
Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, who is wanted in the United States for alleged involvement in a $1.1m scam carried out by a notorious Internet scammer, Ramon Abass, aka Hushpuppi, was suspended by the police last July.
He is also facing eight counts of conspiracy, obstruction and dealing in cocaine, and other related offences at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
