Ahmad Isah, broadcaster and founder of Brekete Family, a human rights radio, says American authorities are envious of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari.
Kyari was asked to step aside over an indictment by the FBI.
Ramon Abbas, suspected billionaire fraudster, also known as Hushpuppi, a self confessed fraudster, had alleged that he bribed Kyari to arrest someone who outsmarted him in a $1.1 million scam.
Isah, while speaking on his breakfast radio/television programme on 101.1 FM in Abuja on Tuesday, said the US is wrong to ask for the extradition of Kyari.
According to him, the US is intimidated by Kyari’s extraordinary performance.
“They are celebrating, they are quick to celebrate but let me tell you, whether you care to listen or not, Abba Kyari is not going down by the grace of God. He has done too [much] good to go down because of one mistake, even if it is true,” he said.
“America cannot tell us how to live our lives, America is not heaven. We have homeless people in America, we have jobless people in America, we have Indian hemp smokers in America, we have cocaine smokers in America, we have armed robbers in America, we have serial killers in America, what are they going to tell us, is America better than Africa if not for bad leadership?
“What do they have that we don’t have? We stand behind Abba Kyari, DCP Abba Kyari and God will vindicate him.
“One day this young man will become IGP, they are just envious of him because of his extraordinary performance, they can’t do half of what he is doing. He is too intelligent for their liking. He is a civil police officer, he is not pompous.”
