Senator
Hamman Misau, representing Bauchi Central, has accused the Inspector General of
Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, of collecting about N120 billion as
bill for special security services.
Misau
said such unreasonably exorbitant security services are being rendered to
corporate bodies, such as oil firms, and highly placed individuals on yearly
basis across the country and condemned what he called “series of fraudulent
practices in the running of the Nigerian Police.”
Addressing
a press conference at the National Assembly yesterday, Misau, a retired Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP), in a reaction to an allegation made against him
by the Police on Thursday that he was on a vendetta against the Force, having
been unceremoniously dismissed for unscrupulous activities.
He
alleged further that postings of officers in the Force as state Police
Commissioners (CPs) or Mobile Commanders are largely influenced by bribes.Misau
alleged further: “The Police, under IGP Idris Ibrahim, is a cesspool of
corruption, nepotism, indiscipline, favouritism,” adding that the Police is now
at the lowest level of morale, which must not be allowed to continue in the
interest of the ongoing anti-corruption war and urgent need to stem the tide of
increasing rate of crime and criminality in the country.”
Misau alleged that
postings of officers in the Force as State Police Commissioners (CPs) or Mobile
Commanders are done on the basis of N10million to N15million bribe payment.
He stated: “The
incumbent IGP, based on available records and series of petitions and reports
from insiders, has no capacity to run the Police, just like the Chairman of the
Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr. IGP Mike Okiro, who also lacks similar
capacity, going by N300million scam and others hanging on his neck since the
2011 during the presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), where he served as the head of the security committee.
“Specifically, the
IGP, on good authority from within the force, collects over N10billion on
monthly basis as money for special security provided by men of the Force to
corporate bodies and highly placed individuals, including criminals, running to
N120billion on year basis without any reflection in Police annual budgets or
internally generated revenue.”
Misau averred that
such posting has not in anyway helped the Police in its war against crime and
criminality in the country, leading to over-sensationalisation, as witnessed in
the case of Evans, the billionaire kidnapper who was arrested through a tip off
by an escapee. “Police is not a political outfit and should not be allowed to
be turned into it by IGP Idris,” Misau said.
“On
nepotism, he said the IGP is scoring high mark by making almost half of the
mobile commanders in the country people of his Nupe extraction, and on
favouritism, appointing Moses Jitoboh, an officer he alleged had been out of
field of operational service to that of political service for close to 20
years, as Adamawa State Commissioners of Police.
He debunked the
allegation made by Police Force Headquarters on Thursday by its spokesperson,
Jimoh Moshood, that he (Misau) was unceremoniously dismissed for misdeeds.
He displayed the
letter with which his retirement from the Force was effected by the PSC, dated
March 5, 2014 and signed by one Mrs. Garos Logams on behalf of the then
Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Commission, which reads in part: “I wish
to inform you that the Commission has approved your retirement from the service
of the Nigeria Police Force with effect from December 1, 2010 after 10 years of
meritorious service.”Your dedication and meritorious service to the nation is
highly appreciated by the commission…”
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