Over 31 legal counselors from the northern part of the Nigeria have shown interest in defending the controversial Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, who was as of late suspended regarding a $1.1m fraudulent scheme including fraudster, Ramon Abbas otherwise called Hushpuppi. 

This was revealed on Wednesday by Barrister Bappah Salisu, who spoke on the behalf of the 31 lawyers from 19 Northern States. 

As indicated by the assertion, the legal advisors chose to offer the free legal services of Abba Kyari following a call by the Coalition of Northern Groups which requested that the fundamental human rights of the troubled police supervisor should be ensured. 

The Northern Group had settled on the decision following a prosecution by a court in the United States of America after the disclosure of Abba Kyari's connection with Hushpuppi. 

Talking progressing by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to remove Kyari to the United States, the gathering of legal advisors said the FBI didn't follow due process and breached international protocol. 

“We would raise questions involving the possibility of breaches to Kyari’s fundamental rights entrenched in Articles 6 and 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Right which essentially state that every individual shall have the right to liberty and to the security of his person and every individual shall have the right to have his cause heard.

“This comprises: the right to an appeal to competent national organs against acts of violating his fundamental rights as recognized and guaranteed by conventions, laws, regulations and customs in force.

“The right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty by a competent court or tribunal; the right to defence, including the right to be defended by counsel of his choice; the right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial court or tribunal”, the group added.