The
Police Service Commission (PSC), yesterday approved the promotion of a
Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Mr. Sulaiman Muhammad Abdul, to
the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) for recovering N42
billion.
While
Abdul is attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC), Idowu and Akinbayo serve at the Force Criminal Investigation
Department in Abuja.
This
was contained in a statement signed by Mr. Okechukwu Ani, Head of
Media of the commission who commended Abdul on behalf its Chairman,
Mr. Mike Okiro, for the cop’s outstanding performance in the fight
against corruption.
The
chairman, noted that the special promotions were meant to spark off a
new wave of integrity in the conduct of Police officers, stressing
that promotion was another way of motivating the honest and
disciplined and a wakeup call to the few disgruntled elements still
in service.
Abdul
had earlier been commended by the former Inspector General of Police
and recommended for consideration by the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the
statement added.
The
statement read: “Akinbayo and Idowu, were said to have rejected a
bribe of twenty-one million dollars and another twelve thousand, nine
hundred dollars from one Samuel Wilberforce. The Officers despite
this huge inducement defied the temptation and arrested the pipeline
vandals.
“Their
action, the commission noted has portrayed the Nigeria Police Force
in good light as they exhibited professionalism, fearlessness and
incorruptibility in the conduct of their assignment.
The
statement also added that DSP Mu’awuyya A. Abubakar of the Kano
State Command was also promoted to the rank of Superintendent of
Police. Abubakar, was in 2014 awarded the best Crime Bursting Police
Officer by the African Leadership Awards and Security Watch Africa.
“The
Commission also approved the promotion of Inspector Eheziekia Abiona
and Sergeant Ogunbiyi Agbabu to their next ranks. The Officers who
are attached to the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special
Offences Unit (Task Force) were said to have recovered the sum of N5
million that fell off a bullion van in November/December 2015.
Okiro,
however said the commission was poised to enthrone honesty,
responsibility and fear of God in the Nigeria Police Force.
He
warned that Officers who were unable to turn a new leaf and embrace
the new disposition of the commission would be shown the way out of
the Force in the interest of the larger society. The special
promotions takes immediate effect, he said.
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