Senator Isah Misau (APC-Bauchi
Central), has stated that the inspector general of police, Ibrahim Idris,
bought 2 Prado SUV’s for Mrs Aisha Buhari, wife of the president, Punch
reports.
The lawmaker made his comments when he
appeared before the senate committee mandated to probe the IGP.
Misau stated that Idris had
purchased the vehicles which were not allocated in the budget, for Mrs Buhari’s
personal use, even when she had asked for a Sienna and Hiace.
He stated: “The inspector-general
of police gave the first lady, wife of the president, two SUVs, and this came
through a letter from the ADC to the first lady who requested on her behalf
that she needed a Sienna and Hiace for personal use, but she was given the two
SUVs for her private use.”
The senator further told his
colleagues that the IGP had manipulated his retirement date on the list for
senior police officers.
Misau accused Idris of employing
civilians in his office and going against the code and act establishing the
Police Force, by engaging the services of a retired officer to handle
investigations.
The senator further insisted that
his allegations that senior officers were paying bribes to secure promotions
were true.
He stated: “Sometime in July
2017, I was in the office of Senator Baba Kaka, Chairman, Senate Committee on
Rules and Business when a Daily Trust reporter sought my views on the
information that policemen pay as much as N500,000 for special promotion.
“To verify this information, I
called some serving police officers who confirmed to the three of us that the
information was not only true, but also that the amounts paid are up to
N2,500,000, in addition to other information.
He continued: “I hereby forward
for your consideration, the detailed terms of allegation against the Inspector
General of Police, 1GP, and Police Service Commission, PSC, deployment of
policemen to private organisations.
“Between 50,000 and 100,000
policemen are routinely deployed by the police to oil companies, oil servicing
companies, banks, oil marketers, and private individuals etc, with regular
payments made to the police.
“While these monies are estimated
to run into billions monthly, they are, however, unaccounted for.
“Today, the situation is so bad
that businessmen with dubious characters and suspicious businesses now go about
with full detachment of policemen and some with full convoy and blasting siren,
especially in Lagos, Port Harcourt and other major cities in the country.
“This worsens the country’s
policing ratio of one policeman to about 800 citizens, against the UN
recommended ratio of one policeman to 400 citizens.
“Police Service Commission, PSC,
whose main function is to recruit, train, discipline, promote and retire
members of the Force, appears to have left its core mandate to indulge almost
exclusively in promotion racketeering.
“There are a lot of favoritisms
in the promotion/appointment of commissioners of police. Junior deputy
commissioners of police are given commissioner of police in acting capacity,
against seniority and merit, thereby blocking eligible candidates.
“A recent example is the current
Lagos state Commissioner of Police, who is a junior DCP to two other DCPs, now
given acting CP and posted to Lagos.
“These acts of favoritism have
eroded discipline in the Force, which is the backbone of any successful
organisation.”
In reaction to Misau’s claims
however, Suleiman Haruna, Director of Information to wife of the President,
stated that Mrs Buhari would react to the allegations if they are published.
He stated: “Let it be published
first. This kind of thing is very libelous. If it is published, we’ll have the
right to respond; but for now, I don’t have any information because this may be
a speculation.”
The Senate committee
investigating Misau is scheduled to invite the IGP next week, to give his own
side of the story.
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