Police Promote 2 Cops For Rejecting $21 Million Bribe

For rejecting the whooping sum of $21 million bribe from one William Wilberforce to cover up on pipeline vandalism, the Police Service Commission on Friday promoted CSP Olusoji Akinbayo to the next rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police and Inspector Sunday Idowu to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police.
According to a press statement signed by the Head, Press and Public Relations of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Ikechukwu Ani, and made available to newsmen said, Both officers, who served at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja, “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.”

Also promoted by the police authorities to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police is CSP Suleiman Muhammad Abdul “for his outstanding performance in the fight against corruption. CSP Abdul currently with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the course of his duty recovered a whopping sum of N42 billion for the federal government. He had earlier been commended by the former Inspector General of Police and recommended for consideration by the Chairman of the EFCC.

“DSP Mu’awuyya A. Abubakar of the Kano State Command was also promoted to the rank of Superintendent of Police. DSP Abubakar was in 2014 awarded the best Crime Bursting Police Officer by the African Leadership Awards and Security Watch Africa. He had earlier received a commendation letter from Mr. President for exceptional display of courage and gallantry in counter insurgency operation in Kano State.

“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 five million naira that fell off a bullion van in November/December 2015.

“The Chairman of the Commission, Sir, Dr. Mike Mbama Okiro, a retired Inspector General of Police, said the Commission is poised to enthrone honesty, responsibility and fear of God in the Nigeria Police Force. He noted that the special promotions were meant to spark off a new wave of integrity in the conduct of Police Officers. The promotion is another way of motivating the honest and disciplined and a wakeup call to the few disgruntled elements still in service,” the statement added.