Police quiz ACP over N2.7m bribe cash

 

There will be no cover-up in the case of the Assistant Commissioner of Police arrested with N2.7 million bribe cash, the Police said yesterday.

The Head, Compliant Response Unit (CRU), Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)

Abayomi Shogunle, said the police had taken all necessary actions provided in the Police Act and Regulations on the case.

He said: “I don’t see anybody covering up this particular case because the necessary actions needed to be taken, the normal disciplinary procedure as provided under the Police Act and Regulations are being followed.”

Shogunle said the indicted officer had been issued a query and a criminal investigation had been conducted by the X-squad.

The officer, he added, had responded to the query and had faced the Force Disciplinary Committee (FDC), which had made its recommendations to Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris.

He explained that the  I-G had forwarded his recommendation to the Police Service Commission ( PSC) for ratification.

“The processes needed have been done and all we are just waiting for is the recommendations of the PSC,” he said.

He said it was when the Commission informed the I-G on the matter that the CRU would in turn inform the public on the matter.

Shogunle said that I-G had directed the unit to ensure that it discharged its responsibilities without impunity in line with its motto.

“One of the things the I-G has tasked the CRU, which is no to impunity, is that the unit should ensure that it upholds that motto,” he added.

The report on the bribery scandal is in the third quarter report of the CRU The report said the recovery of the bribe cash followed a complaint made to the CRU through a telephone call.

On alleged preferential treatment for senior officers, Shogunle said the unit had taken up all cases against all police officers irrespective of their ranks.

“Probably, we get more complaints against the junior ranks because they interact more with members of the public