The
Nigeria Police Force has declared a senator, Isah Misau, as a deserter from the
force. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that
the Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Mr. Misau, had in an interview granted
to a newspaper published on August 10, alleged that police officers pay bribe
for special promotion.
The lawmaker had also accused the
Inspector-General of Police of embezzling N10 billion monthly Internally
Generated Revenue and taking bribe to post Commissioners of Police to State
Commands.
The Force spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, who
disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja on Sunday, said Mr. Misau
deserted the force on September 24, 2010.
“The Nigeria Police Force hereby declares DSP
Mohammed Isah Hamman (Sen. Isah Hamman Misau) a deserter from the Nigeria
Police Force.
“The Force will definitely take appropriate
action in this circumstance as it has to do with a deserter under the Police
Act and Regulations,” Mr. Moshood said.
He said that Mr. Misau deserted the force when
he was redeployed to Niger Command where he refused to report for duty.
He said that under the Act, the Criminal Code
and Penal Code treat a deserter as a suspected criminal under the law.
“All
other security agencies in the country are equally implored to assist the
Nigeria Police Force in this regard,” he said.
He said that the retirement letter Mr. Misau
presented to journalists recently was forged and dubiously obtained.
The Force spokesman said that Mr. Misau
perpetuated an act of impersonation by acknowledging the receipt of the
suspected forged retirement letter, as a Deputy Commissioner of police instead
of his actual rank of DSP.
Mr. Moshood added that the letter dated March
5, 2014, four years after Misau with AP No. 57300 deserted the force was being
investigated by the force.
“AP No. 57300 DSP Mohammed Isah Hamman is still
a police officer and not regarded as a Senator by the Nigeria Police Force.
“The retirement letter he is parading is a
suspected forged document under investigation.
“It is on record for the public and the media
to verify that, as AP No. 57300 DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman was being wanted as a
deserter, he contested and lost the Bauchi Central Senatorial seat in 2011
under the then Action Congress of Nigeria.
“This is a clear element and criminal liability
of fraud and impersonation, because under the law you cannot be a police
officer and still stand for election,” he said.
The spokesman advised members of the public to
disregard all the allegations against the I-G and the Force by Mr. Misau.
He said that considering all the above, the
Force was compelled to seek the prompt consideration of the Senate Committee on
Ethics and Privileges to prevail on him to return to the Force.
Efforts to get the reaction of Mr. Misau proved
abortive as calls and SMS to his cell phone were not responded to.
-
Premium Times / NAN
Come 2019, I shall contest to be The President of Nigeria, the goal, among others, is genuinely computerize governance in Nigeria. To avoid all these blunders.
ReplyDeleteVery useful post. This is my first time i visit here. I found so many interesting stuff in your blog especially its discussion. Really its great article. Keep it up. Click Here
ReplyDelete