BEVERLY HILLS, August 25, (THEWILL) –
A retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, now Senator representing Bauchi Central, Senator Isa Misau has accused the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris of fraudulent activities and nepotism in the administration of the police.
Addressing newsmen on Friday, he alleged that Idris pocketed about N10 billion monthly from the deployment of over 50,000 policemen to oil companies, banks, and private individuals who made regular payments to police authorities.
Misau alleged that under IGP Idris, between N10 million and N15 million were paid for postings such as State Police Commissioners or Mobile Commanders, adding that the money, running to N120 billion annually, is not reflected in police budgets or internally generated revenue.
He dismissed a statement credited to the Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, Mr. Jimoh Moshood that he was on a vendetta against the force. Jimoh had in a statement issued Thursday accused Misau of several acts of serious misconducts, unprofessional wrong doings contrary to discipline, and other improper behaviours unbecoming of a police officer, which led him to unceremoniously exit the force.
On the heels of earlier reports credited to Misau where he alleged that police officers had to pay bribes for special promotions, the police also disclosed that it had lodged a formal complaint against the Senator to the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges.
But Misau maintained that the manner of administration of the Police under Idris should not be allowed to continue, if the government was serious about anti-corruption and stopping the increasing rate of criminality.
He said, “The incumbent IGP, based on available records, series of petitions and reports from insiders, has no capacity to run the Police just like the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Rtd. IGP Mike Okiro, who also lacks similar capacity going by N300million scam and others hanging on his neck since 2011 during the Presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) where he served as the head of the security committee.
“On nepotism, the IGP is scoring high marks, by making almost half of the mobile commanders in the country, people of his Nupe extraction and on favouritism, appointing CP Moses Jitoboh an officer who had been out of field of operational service to that of Political service for close to 20 years, as Adamawa State Police Commissioners.”
The Bauchi Senator also accused the police inspector-general of diverting funds in the 2016 Appropriation Act for the acquisition of Armoured Personnel Carriers, to purchase luxury cars, which, he noted was a criminal offence.
