Looks like this Senator has a score to settle with the Inspector of
General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. The last may not have been heard in
the allegations and counter-allegations by Senator Isah Misau and the
IGP, on alleged abuse of office.
bothering on alleged injurious falsehood against the IGP, Nigeria Police
Force (NPF) and the Police Service Commission (PSC).
The senator, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge and was
consequently admitted to bail in the sum of N5 million, with two
sureties in like sum.
was a Police document which showed that the IG approved two Jeeps for
the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, and a bus for the National
Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru.
But a police source, who prefers anonymity as the case is pending in
court, told New Telegraph that there is nothing illegal in the donation
as there is no law which bars government agencies from assisting each
other. He, however, denied that vehicles were donated to the President’s
wife.
“The wife of the President did not request for any car from the IGP,
rather it is the police attached to her that requested for additional
vehicles to complement the ones they have. “For me, I don’t think, there
is anything in that, that is abnormal. For NIPSS, there is an
interagency co-operation.
“For instance, there are military, police officers and others serving in
NIPSS. So, if NIPSS is requesting something from the police, if the
police have it, they can give it to them. It is just like War College.
You know that every year, the IG goes to lecture them, same way, the
Chief of Army Staff does.”
“It is not compulsory that the gifts you give out be included in the budget,” he stated.
