BySunday Okobi
Senator Isa Misau, lawmaker representing the Bauchi Central
Senatorial District, has opened a can of worms on the crisis between him and
the Inspector General of Police (IG), Ibrahim Idris, saying Idris gave two
Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) to the wife of the President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs. Aisha.
According to Misau, details of how Idris gave Mrs. Buhari
the two SUV were contained in the documents the police boss submitted to court
in the suit instituted against him by the Minister of Justice and Attorney
General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, on behalf of the Federal
Government.
“I still have some contract papers that the IG himself
submitted to the court, where the First Lady through her aide-de-camp requested
a Toyota Hiace and a Sienna jeep,” he said.
“The same day that the ADC wrote, the IG minuted that she
should be given two jeeps. And it is not part of the appropriation. If you look
at the appropriation, there is nowhere they said the First Lady should be given
two jeeps.
“The letter came from the ADC to the wife of the President.
The most unfortunate thing is that even in the letter, the ADC wrote that they
wanted the vehicles for her private engagements; they wrote that they wanted
Sienna and Hiace and the IG said they should be given two jeeps. And he
supplied the document to the court.”
Misau, who appeared on Wednesday before the Senate committee
investigating various allegations levelled against the Police, the Inspector
General of Police and the Police Service Commission, further accused the police
boss of manipulating his retirement age.
“The expected date of retirement of the IGP was fraudulently
doctored on the Staff List of Senior Police Officers from 3rd January to 15th
January, 2019,” he said.
“I have a copy of the Staff List of when he became IG and I
have another one of when he was an Assistant Commissioner of Police, which show
that the dates are different.”
The lawmaker also claimed that the IGP employed four
civilians in his office with the salary of the rank of Assistant
Inspector-General of Police (AIG) and engaged the services of a retired police
officer to handle investigation as against the code and Act establishing the
Police Force, adding that all investigative cases were supposed to be under the
Deputy Inspector- General of Police, DIG in Area 10, Garki, Abuja and not a
retired officer.
“There is a lot of favouritism in the promotion and
appointment of Commissioners of Police. Junior Deputy Commissioners of Police
are given Commissioner of Police on acting capacity as against seniority and
merit, thereby blocking eligible candidates.
“A recent example is the present CP Lagos, who is a junior
DCP to two other DCPs, but was given acting CP and posted to Lagos.
“These acts of favouritism have eroded discipline in the
force, which is the backbone of any successful organisation.
“The reason why they took him to Lagos was because he is a
friend to the Governor of Lagos State because they were in school together or
because they studied a course together.
“The IG posted a Commissioner of Police who for the past 17
years has not worked or served in a police formation to take charge of a state.
However, while countering the allegation, Aisha Buhari denied that she received two SUV from the
Inspector General of Police.
She made this disclosure on Thursday via her verified
twitter account @aishambuhari as she wrote “I am using my personal car.”
Misau made the
allegations on Wednesday when he appeared before the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on
Investigation of Various Allegations Levelled Against the Police, the Inspector
General of Police and the Police Service Commission.
“I still have some contract papers that the IG himself
submitted to the court, where the First Lady through her aide-de-camp requested
a Toyota Hiace and a Sienna jeep,” he claimed.
“The same day that the ADC wrote, the IG minuted that she
should be given two SUV jeeps. And it is not part of the appropriation.
“If you look at the appropriation, there is nowhere they
said the First Lady should be given two jeeps.”
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