{"id":51245,"date":"2016-07-18T05:52:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T04:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=51245"},"modified":"2016-07-18T05:52:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T04:52:07","slug":"acting-ig-accuses-arase-stealing-police-24-cars-probes-last-police-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/acting-ig-accuses-arase-stealing-police-24-cars-probes-last-police-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting IG Accuses Arase of Stealing Police 24 Cars, Probes Last Police Promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>..<em>.No, I did Not Steal 24 Cars. It is propaganda<\/em><br \/>\nThe acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has accused his<br \/>\npredecessor, Solomon Arase, stealing 24 police vehicles while the seven<br \/>\nDeputy Inspectors-General of Police, who retired alongside him, also<br \/>\ncarted away between seven and eight cars each.<\/p>\n<p>But Arase fired back accusing his successor of &#8220;malicious propaganda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Idris said he had written to the former IG to return the cars, which<br \/>\nincluded two official bullet-proof BMW 7 series cars, adding that the<br \/>\nretired police chief and his DIGs had yet to return the vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The Acting IG in an interaction with journalists weekend in Abuja, said a<br \/>\nspecial investigation team was already looking at the records of police<br \/>\nvehicle purchases in the last three years as well as how they were<br \/>\ndistributed.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the allegation, Arase the Acting IG instead of verifying<br \/>\nbefore rushing to the Prss, is waging an unnecessary Media propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat am I going to do with 24 cars? Do I want to open a car shop? This is<br \/>\na malicious accusation. There are ways of verifying issues rather than<br \/>\nengaging in media propaganda,\u201d Arase said.<\/p>\n<p>But Idris, explaining the steps he had taken, said, \u201cIf you look through<br \/>\nthe windows of my former office and from the report from my (Force)<br \/>\ntransport officer, you would see cars but a week to the day I would<br \/>\nresume, all these cars disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, what I am telling you is that I have signed a directive to my SIP (I<br \/>\nhave a special investigation panel, I set it up). It is going to<br \/>\ninvestigate all the vehicle purchases, contributions to the police and the<br \/>\ndistribution of those vehicles in the last three years; we are going to<br \/>\nlook into that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I took over, there was no vehicle, even the vehicle I would use. I<br \/>\ndiscovered the last IG went away with 24 vehicles; the DIGs, some of them<br \/>\neight, some of them seven. The IG\u2019s vehicles included two BMW 7 series,<br \/>\none armoured; and he left me with an old car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last time I followed the President with it, he was asking me, \u2018what<br \/>\nare you doing with this old car\u2019 because if you see the headlight, the<br \/>\nthing has changed colour, which means they parked it and rains and<br \/>\neverything had fallen on it, but the new ones that were bought, he (Arase)<br \/>\nwent with all of them; they are part of the 24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote back to him and said, we have a policy that says when a policeman<br \/>\nretires, if you are an IG, AIG, a CP, you are entitled to some vehicles;<br \/>\nplease, the extra, return it. Four vehicles are enough for an average<br \/>\nhuman being, but what will you even do with four vehicles; but he took 24<br \/>\nvehicles, including two BMW cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote to him (Arase), I wrote to the DIGs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Idris disclosed that the Police Management Team would probe the last<br \/>\npromotion in the Force following complaints by many police personnel that<br \/>\ntheir juniors were promoted over them.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the probe was to address the discrepancies and<br \/>\ncomplaints by aggrieved police personnel, who were allegedly short-changed<br \/>\nduring the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Idris stated that the probe panel would be set up to verify if the<br \/>\npromotion was in line with the police service commission policy and<br \/>\nregulations.<\/p>\n<p>The IG explained that his focus was to run a democratic police<br \/>\norganisation, which would be responsive and accountable.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he had directed some audit firms to audit all police<br \/>\ninvestments to make them more transparent and ensure that the rank and<br \/>\nfile, who were also shareholders, had more say in the police companies.<\/p>\n<p>On strategies to curb the increasing wave of kidnapping and other crimes,<br \/>\nIdris said he would strengthen, retrain and equip the Special Anti-Robbery<br \/>\nSquad to be more responsive and responsible.<\/p>\n<p>He said he recently removed some Area Commanders in Rivers and Kogi states<br \/>\nwhen he learnt that they had been compromised.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;No, I did Not Steal 24 Cars. 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