Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has commended a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Elemide Akinkunmi, Head of Operations at the Police Radio who was mistakenly credited with the sum of N600,000 into his Police Account, which he withdrew and remitted back to the Nigeria Police Cooperative Society treasury.
The IGP described the action of CsP Akinkunmi as showing attributes of an honest and trustworthy police officer.
Force acting Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejob, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to the statement, the IGP called on senior police officers to always commend their personnel who have exemplarily excelled in their duties, which have in turn impacted positively on the goodwill and image of the Nigeria Police Force.
Baba made the charge while also commending the exemplary performances of some officers and men across the State Commands.
In particular, the IGP recognized Sergeant Sampson Ekikere, attached to 22 Police Mobile Force, Ikeja, Lagos, for his uncommon professionalism exhibited on Saturday, 19th March, 2022, when he painstakingly recovered a wallet, belonging to one Mr. Lukman Abaja, and traced the owner to deliver the found item.
In the same vein, the IGP commended Sergeant Yahaya Ahmed attached to Higher Shari’ah Court, Tudun Wada Division, Gusau, Zamfara State, for rejecting the sum of N300, 000 bribe, offered to him by one Chukwuka Jude, who was arrested at the same court on 18th January, 2022 for the offence of false presentation and cheating by impersonation.
Baba, however assured the entire police workforce of sustainable efforts in improving their condition of service with a view to making life meaningful to them and having the Nigeria Police Force of our choice.