CONVENER of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has called for the immediate suspension of the Inspector- General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris. According to him, the IGP’s suspension would make room for a free and fair investigation into the allegation of N120 billion security scam raised against him by the Senator representing Bauchi Central, Hamman Isah Misau. Senator Misau had accused the IGP of collecting about N120 billion as bill for special security services to corporate bodies such as oil firms and highly placed individuals through a process which he called “series of fraudulent practices in the running of the Nigerian Police.” Adeyanju, while addressing journalists in Abuja, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his good office to order the arrest and probe of the IGP as a demonstration of his resolve to fight graft in the public sector. He said the allegations should not be swept under the carpet, but should be thoroughly investigated by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and those found culpable be prosecuted as part of measures to rid the Nigeria Police Force of corruption. “Just yesterday, we watched on television how a serving senator from Bauchi alleged that the inspector-general of police got N120 billion as bribe from oil companies and banks. “Instead of the IGP to make efforts to clear his name, the police hierarchy claimed that the senator was a deserter, stressing that he left the police in 2010 and did not resign properly. The question remains; did the IGP collect this money or not? “We are happy that Buhari is back. Let him fight this corruption. We want him to arrest all the thieves who have been looting public treasury and defrauding key players in the private sector. “The IGP should be on suspension by now if we are serious about corruption. Buhari should arrest and prosecute him and his accomplices. We are talking about N120 billion not N120 million and the explanation is that this ex-police officer did not retire properly. This man retired since 2010, but all of a sudden, in 2017, the Nigeria Police realised that he did not resign properly. “If it were a PDP senator that was alleging that the IGP took bribes, they might say it is corruption that is fighting back. But corruption is not fighting back in this case because it is the same APC people that are making the allegations. “We want the EFCC to investigate these issue.”
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