Nigeria Police Force has dragged the Chairman of Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isah Hamman Misau, before Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges over his claims that police officers pay bribe for special promotion.
Senator Misau made the allegation in an interview published in an Abuja based newspaper (not Blueprint) on August 10, 2017.
Addressing journalists, yesterday at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Jimoh Moshood, said the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, putting into cognisance the impact of the allegation set up a Special Investiagation Panel to investigate the allegation.
He said: “The Special Investigative Panel subsequently sent two invitation letters to Senator Misua: (1) for him to meet with the panel, was sent through the Senate President, while the other was written directly to him to provide evidence in written form to substantiate and shed light on his allegation.
“And assist the panel to carry out a thorough and discreet investigation into the matter, but he declined and when some members of the investigation into the matter, but he declined and when some members of the panel visited him, he bluntly refused to make statement on his allegations.”
Moshood, who urged the Senate committee to look into matter in the best interest of the National Assembly and the nation, said: “It is incumbent on the Force to educate the Senate and set the record straight that the NPF has the right as provided for in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to investigate all allegations of crime and other infractions of law against anyone, including an institution.
Moshood accused the lawmaker, who he said is an ex-police officer of in subordination and unprofessional conduct.
“From available record, Senator Misau is an ex-police officer, who left the NPF at the rank of Superintendent of Police after being charged with several acts of serious misconduct, unprofessional wrong doings contrary to discipline, and other discreditable improper behaviours unbecoming of a police officer and that are inimical to image of the NPF, which can lead to dismissal or compulsory retirement.”
