The Inspector-General of Police in Nigeria, (IGP) Mr Mohammed Adamu, has unexpectedly been found to be entangled in a multi-billion naira illegal scheme.
Findings by SaharaReporters unveiled that the IGP has been using his influence unlawfully as he forces and bully Mobile Police Commanders into spawning millions of naira monthly through illegal means.
The illegal accumulation of fraudulent cash extorted by the Mobile police commanders was to be used by IGP Adamu to establishment a Mopol Training School in Endehu, Nasarawa State.
Finding also revealed that the same project was imbedded into the 2020 budget of the Nigeria Police Force but was jettisoned by the National Assembly.
Not giving up on his aspirations yet, IGP Adamu made all Squadron Commanders generate not less than N500,000 monthly for his scheme of completing the training school.
According to senior police officers in the know, the illegally sourced cash run into several million each month and is been buttressed by IGP Adamu
“The IGP does not mind how these Mopol leaders get the money for the project, whether through corrupt means or otherwise, he does not care.
“The directive has made the Mopol Commanders do everything through corrupt means to raise millions of naira monthly to build the project just to satisfy the ego of the IGP and keep their positions too.
“The training school is about to be inaugurated on August 12 and the same Mopol Commanders are to be used as Guinea pigs to test run the facilities from August 16,” a source said.
Findings also revealed that the Inspector-General of Police demanded that training at the facility commence in defiance of the warning of health experts due to the risk of entrants contracting Covid-19.
IGP Adamu was also in opposition to the government’s directives which stated that meetings, seminars and courses with more than four participants must be held virtually.
“With all these directives in place, no one can truly state why the IGP is adamant that the course must go on, thereby risking the lives of more than 90 senior officers mostly within the rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police,” the source added.
In a 2019 public survey by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project titled “Corruption Perception Survey”, the Nigeria Police Force emerged the most corrupt public institution in the country, sharply ahead of the power sector.
According to the survey, “A bribe is paid in 54 per cent of interactions with the police. In fact, there is a 63 per cent probability that an average Nigerian would be asked to pay a bribe each time he or she interacted with the police. That is almost two out of three.”
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