By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
NIGERIAN internet fraud, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has appealed to the court not to return to Nigeria because of Abba Kyari.
Stonix News reports that Hushpuppi facing trial in the United States of America, has shown moral conduct in prison as he
It was learnt that the ‘internet celebrity’s’ report card for the Central Valley workshop for prisoners showed between July 2021 and November 2021 that Hushpuppi had put up a moral attitude, quality of work, dependability and productivity.
It was also reported that ahead of Hushpuppi’s case in September, the FBI had requested his prosecutors to reduce his sentence to 11 years imprisonment and three years of supervised release for his role in a multinational crime that earned him millions of dollars between 2019 and 2020.
The internet fraud has further solicited US Judge Otis Wright to temper justice with mercy and hand him a shorter jail term after scoring high in the cleaning activities.
Hushpuppi’s attorney, Louis Shapiro in the memorandum submitted wrote; “He is currently working within his prison cleaning windows and showers for which he has received great personal evaluations.”
The lawyer further noted that Hushpuppi has three kids based in London, the U.S. and Dubai all of whom he needs to care for, as well as his aging parents in Nigeria.
Shapiro had also made a counter request, he had pleaded that his client, Hushpuppi should not be returned to Nigeria because he was at risk of being harmed by the disgraced police officer, Abba Kyari.
Hushpuppi said his part in the accusation of Mr Kyari, which hurled the downfall of the officer, has put his life in danger.
His attorney wrote; “Once this case is resolved and Mr Abbas is released, he will not be able to return to Nigeria.
“Abubakar Kyari, a Nigerian politician and police officer operates a death squad.
“He was indicted in the Juma case by the government’s investigation into this case.
“Mr Abbas hopes to move his family out of Nigeria when he gets out of prison.”
Meanwhile, Suleiman Mohammed, a lawyer of detained Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, has refuted the allegation that his client operates a killer squad.
The lawyer was reacting to reports that Nigerian Internet fraud ringleader Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas told the United States District Court for the Central District of California that he is at risk of being harmed by Kyari and his associates if he is transferred to Nigeria.
Mohammed said “This official response is for the purpose of clearing the air for people who may think Kyari’s silence is a confirmation of the malicious lie.
“To start with, how come the death squad is not known to the world or anybody until a purported plea bargain papers of a criminal desperately seeking for soft landing came up?
“Is such a type of person or his statements while seeking a mitigated sentence in a plea bargain something to believe?”
Stonix News reports that Kyari is at present standing trial for drug trafficking charges levelled against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
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