Nigeria, June 13 -- The arrest this week of a Nigerian Instagram celebrity has pitted Nigerian detectives against their counterparts from the United Arab Emirates and the United States, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.

Nigeria and the U.S. launched the battle for the possession of Ramon Abbas, a.k.a.: Hushpuppi, following his arrest and detention by Emirati authorities earlier this week, according to two officials familiar with the development.

"Immediately we got confirmation that he had been arrested in Dubai, we all started fighting to get him," a senior Nigerian detective told PREMIUM TIMES on Friday. "He is a subject of multiple and conflicting interests between Nigeria and the United States."

Officials said the Federal Bureau of Investi...