A deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari says he never received money from Ramon Abbas, who’s popularly known as Hushpuppi.
The police officer was mentioned in a US court document where Hushpuppi told US prosecutors that he gave Kyari $1.1million of the proceeds of the crime.
However, Kyari on his official Facebook page on Thursday, and said he never received any money from Hushpuppi.
According to him, Hushpuppi alleged two years ago that the lives of his family members were threatened by one Vincent, who was arrested but later released after it was realised that nobody’s life was threatened.
“Abbas who we later came to know as Hushpuppi called our office about 2years ago that somebody in Nigeria Seriously threatened to kill his Family here in Nigeria and he sent the person’s phone number and pleaded we take action before the person attacks his family.
“We traced and arrested the Suspect and after investigations, we discovered there wasn’t an actual threat to anyone’s life and they are long-time friends who have money issues between them hence we released the Suspect on bail to go and he was not taken to any jail.
“Nobody demanded a kobo from Abbas Hushpuppi. Our focus was to save people’s lives that were purported to have been threatened,” Kyari said.
The police boss also claimed that Hushpuppi once admired some of his outfits and sent N300,000 to his tailor to design the same outfit for him.
He stressed that the money was paid directly to his tailor and not him.
“He saw some of my native clothes and caps on my social media page and he said he likes them and he was connected to the person selling the clothes and he sent about N300,000 directly to the person’s account. The native clothes and caps (5 sets) were brought to our office and He sent somebody to collect them in our office.
“Nobody demanded any money from Abbas Hushpuppi and nobody collected any money from him. We responded to a distress call he made on the threat to his family and released the Suspect when we discovered there was no life threat from the Suspect. This is the true story. Vincent is alive, he can be contacted.”
Kyari said further that his hands are clean and he has nothing to do with the “fictitious Big Money,” fraud that Hushpuppi was involved in.
