A retired Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and serving senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Hamman Misau, has accused the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, of receiving N10bn monthly from corporate bodies, oil firms, high placed citizens as payment for special security services rendered by the police.
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Misau levelled this allegation against Idris at a press briefing in Abuja.
The senator said none of the 50,000 police personnel deployed for the assignments partook in the sharing of the money saying the Inspector General of Police spent it alone.
He also accused the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, IGP Mike Okiro (Rtd) of corruption, adding that he(Okiro) and Idris must not be allowed to continue in office in the interest of the ongoing anti-graft war.
His word, “Specifically, the IGP, on good authority from within the force, collects over N10billion on monthly basis as money for special security provided by men of the Force to corporate bodies and highly placed individuals, including criminals, running to N120billion on year basis without any reflection in Police annual budgets or internally generated revenue.”
Debunking Senator Misau’s claim, the Police spokesman, Moshood Jimoh, said of the senator, “Misau is a habitual and unrepentant liar. His real name in the police is DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman, with police number AP No. 57300. He is still a police officer and not a senator because his name still in police.
“The Senate will do the nation good by asking him to return to the Nigeria Police Force to face disciplinary committee and answer all the charges bordering on serious misconduct, unprofessional wrong doings, as earlier contained in our press statement released today.”
