Two police officers awarded N1m for rejecting bribe in Kano

A Police Inspector Garba Saleh Rabo, with the Operations Department, Kano State Police Command, has rejected N1 million offered to him as a bribe.

The acting Managing Director, Kano Consumer Protection Council (CPC) Baffa Dan-Agundi presented the Inspector and one other, Jamilu Alkasim to the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Sama’ila Dikko on Thursday.

A statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Police Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna on Friday said Dan-Agundi noted that Inspector Garba Saleh Rabo and Jamilu Alkasim have done a commendable job by refusing to collect bribe.

The duo of Inspector Garba Saleh Rabo and Jamilu Alkasim are attached to the state Consumer Protection Council task force.

‘’The two personnel, having received information that expired goods worth billions of Naira were kept in a warehouse, stormed the facility, where N1 million was offered as bribe,‘’ the statement said.

“They rejected the bribe, recovered the expired goods, the money as an exhibit and arrested the suspect,” said Dan Agundi who is also the MD of Kano Road Traffic Agency.

‘’The agency commended the two personnel and decided to give the same amount in appreciation to them. He called on the general public to continue to support the police and appreciate those with outstanding performances.’’

According to the statement, the Commissioner of Police Sama’ila Dikko, after presenting the sum of N1 million to the personnel, called on the good people of the state to emulate them.