The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed August 29 for judgment in a suit seeking to extradite a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari to the United States of America for trial in alleged internet fraud.
Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Friday after taking arguments for and against the suit by the parties involved.
Kyari, earlier asked the court to decline request for his extradition as he committed no offense of being taken to America for interrogation.Â
The suspended police officer informed the court that more than a year before his arrest, he had written the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF and the Inspector General of Police, IGP, notifying them that he had opened a channel of communication with a suspected internet fraudster, Ramon Abass.
In the two letters tendered in court, Kyari explained that the purpose was to give confidence to the suspected fraudster and lure him to come to Nigeria where an ambush was already laid for a sting operation by his own strike force.
He argued that with his effort, he received commendation from the American authorities.Â
He further told the court that the wire fraud charge brought against him by the American government is not known as an offence under Extradition Act and therefore, should not be allowed by the court to be used to extradite him.
But Mr Pius Akuta, representing the federal government urged the court to discountenance the arguments of the defendant.
He said that conditions for extradition have already been met by the American government.Â