The Nigerian Police Force has
reacted to claim by Senator Isa Misau that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim
Idris bought two jeeps for the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari.
Spokesperson of the Force, Jimoh
Moshood said the allegation by Misau were “baseless and an outright falsehood.”
Describing the report as a
calculated attempt at misinforming the public, the Force insisted that claims
were aimed at tarnishing the image of the wife of the president and the IGP.
Moshood clarified that the police
boss only approved two vehicles, a Toyota Sienna Bus and a Toyota Hiace Bus for
the convoy of Mrs Buhari, following request by the Aide-De-Camp, ADC, of the
wife of the President, SP Sani M Baba –Inn.
A statement signed by Moshood
reads, “The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to
publications in the Daily Trust Newspaper of 26th October, 2017, page 3
captioned “Misau Accuses IGP Of Buying 2 Jeeps For Buhari’s Wife” and “IGP Idris
Manipulated His Retirement Age, Says Misau” on Page 3 of The Nation of October
26th 2017” credited to Senator Isa Hamma Misau and written by Ismail Mudashir
and Onyedi Ojiabor of Daily Trust and Nation Newspapers respectively.
“The two reports were studied and
found out to be an outright falsehood, misleading, unfounded, a deliberate
attempt to misinform the public and drag the name of the Wife of the President
and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mrs Aishat Buhari
and that of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni into
a controversy.
“It is pertinent to state that at
no time did the Wife of the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Mrs Aisha Buhari requested directly or indirectly for
vehicles for her use from the Inspector General of Police and no vehicle
whether Jeep or SUV has ever been given for her personal use.
“To set the record straight and
disabuse the minds of the public most especially those who must have read the
story, that the Inspector General of Police is empowered by the 1999
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended and the Police Act
and Regulations, precisely Section 215 (1)(a&b) and (2)
“The Nigeria Police Force shall
be under the command of the Inspector General Police“ and the Deployment and
Control of the entire Operations of the Force including allocation of Police
vehicles for operational use throughout the country shall be under the purview
of the IGP.
“It is within the powers of the
Inspector General of Police as stated above that when on the 17th January,
2017, SP Sani M Baba–Inna, the ADC “Wife of the President” Federal Republic of
Nigeria requested for Two (2) vehicles for Police Personnel in the convoy of
Wife of the President for convoy movement and security purposes.
“Two (2) Police Vehicles (i) A
Toyota Sienna Bus with Reg. No. NPF 2406D (ii) A Toyota Hiace Bus with Reg. No.
NPF 3363D were approved by the Inspector General of Police to the ADC “Wife of
the President” SP Sani M Baba–Inna for the purposes requested and not to the
person of the Wife of the President or for her personal use as alleged by
Misau.
“The Nigeria Police Force
categorically wishes to state that all the allegations made by Misau against
the Inspector General of Police and the Wife of the President, Federal Republic
of Nigeria of buying two (2) Jeeps for the Wife of the Presidents as reported
in some media are baseless, untrue and done in bad faith to misinform and
mislead the Public. Members of the Public are hereby strongly enjoined to
discountenance and disregard the report in its entirety.”
Reacting to the allegation of
falsification of retirement age by the IG as alleged by Misau, Moshood said,
“Misau’s allegations were ill-motive, for avoidance of doubt, the Nigeria
Police Force Headquarters, Force Secretary Office wrote the Chairman, Police
Service Commission on the 18th of January, 2017 drawing the attention of the
Commission to the observation on the current Staff List of Senior Police
Officers whereby the date of birth of the Inspector General of Police, IGP
Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni was incorrectly stated as 3/01/1959 instead of the
actual date 15/01/1959.
“All documents and records of the
Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni has 15/01/1959 as
his date of birth except the staff list Senior Police Officers and this is the
reason why the approval of the Honourable Chairman, Police Service Commission
for correction of the error was sought in this regard.
“The difference of dates between
3/01/1959 and 15/01/1959 is just Twelve (12) days which is very insignificant
in Thirty Five (35) years that a public servant can be in service. Attached is
letter Ref No. CH.7080/FS/FHQ/ABJ/SUB.3/30 dated 18th January, 2017 written by
the Force Secretary to the Honourable Chairman Police Service Commission on the
subject matter for media ease of reference.
“Furthermore, the Public will
note that Issa Hamma Misau deliberately refused to prove the allegations he
previously levelled against the Inspector General of Police on the floor of the
Senate for which he was invited by the Senate Ad-hoc Committee but instead
brought up other falsehoods to distract the Committee and the members of the
Public.
“The Nigeria Police Force is
assuring the media of its support and continued cooperation in ensuring a crime
free society and credible reportage. The print media are implored not to allow
the pages of their esteemed Newspapers to be used to champion campaign of
calumny capable of causing disaffections between the Force and the Public or
that can cast aspersions on the hard earned integrity of the leadership of the
Force.
“The Inspector General of Police,
IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni, will not be distracted or deterred by
mischievous and misguided individual(s) from carrying out his statutory
responsibilities for the benefit of the entire Police Personnel and all
Nigerians that we serve.”
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