The Nigerian government has commenced the extradition request of the United States government for Abba Kyari, a highly decorated and senior police officer. Deputy Commissioner Kyari is wanted in the United States in connection to fraud and identity theft.Abubakar Malami, the attorney general and justice minister, who filed the extradition application under Nigeria’s extradition act, confirmed to the press on Thursday that he had done so at the request of the US embassy in Abuja.The minister said he was satisfied that the offence in which Kyari was sought after was neither political nor trivial and that filing the extradition request was in good faith and in the interests of justice.
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