The Police have stated that they
cannot investigate the alleged forgery of the National Youth Service Corps,
NYSC, exemption certificate by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, because
there is no formal complaint against her.
The Force spokesman, Jimoh
Moshood, told newsmen yesterday in Abuja, that the Nigerian Police was not
aware of the allegations against the minister, adding that no one had come
forward to lodge a complaint against her.
“There must be a complaint,
either written or verbal to us. You must write to a divisional police station
or the Commissioner of Police or to the Inspector-General of Police; we have
not received any complaint, so we can’t investigate it (allegation of
forgery),” Moshood, acting Deputy Commissioner of Police stated.
Asked if the media reports of the
allegation were not sufficient for the police to initiate a probe, the
spokesman stated that police detectives could not initiate an investigation
based on newspaper reports.
He insisted on a written or
verbal complaint to the police, noting that this was the basis for all police
investigations.
“I have not read the report of
what you said was published in newspapers. As I said, we can’t investigate the
allegations until there is a verbal or written complaint against her (the
finance minister),” the police explained.
Two non-governmental organisations
had reportedly petitioned the IG to probe the allegations against Adeosun.
Human and Environmental
Development Agenda Resource Centre, and an anti-corruption group,
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, had challenged the minister
to break her silence and respond to the allegation.
Police!!! Yet if it was a common man you would not need any reason to detain him and collect his money after accusing him of being a yahoo guy without any evidence. Weh done sir.
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