Arase left with 24 police vehicles –Acting IG

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, says his
predecessor, Solomon Arase,  went away with 24 police vehicles
while the seven Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, who retired
alongside him, also carted away between seven and eight cars
each.

Idris stated that he had written Arase to return the cars, which
included two official bullet-proof BMW 7 series cars, adding that
the retired police chief and his DIGs had yet to return the
vehicles.

The IG, who said this during an interview with journalists on
Sunday in Abuja, explained that a special investigation team was
already looking at the records of police vehicle purchases in the
last three years as well as how they were distributed.

Arase, however, denied the allegations of his successor, saying
he didn’t go away with any police vehicle.

The former IG, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone
on Sunday, denied taking away 24 police cars, describing the
allegations as a malicious propaganda.

Arase advised Idris to squarely face security issues confronting
the country rather than engaging in “media propaganda.”

He said, “What am I going to do with 24 cars? Do I want to open
a car shop? This is a malicious accusation. There are ways of
verifying issues rather than engaging in media propaganda.”

But Idris, explaining the steps he had taken, said, “If you look
through the windows of my former office and from the report from my
(Force) transport officer, you would see cars but a week to the day
I would resume, all these cars disappeared.

“So, what I am telling you is that I have signed a directive to
my SIP (I have a special investigation panel, I set it up). It is
going to investigate all the vehicle purchases, contributions to
the police and the distribution of those vehicles in the last three
years; we are going to look into that.

“When I took over, there was no vehicle, even the vehicle I
would use. I discovered the last IG went away with 24 vehicles; the
DIGs, some of them eight, some of them seven. The IG’s vehicles
included two BMW 7 series, one armoured; and he left me with an old
car.

“The last time I followed the President with it, he was asking
me, ‘what are you doing with this old car’ because if you see the
headlight, the thing has changed colour, which means they parked it
and rains and everything had fallen on it, but the new ones that
were bought, he (Arase) went with all of them; they are part of the
24.

“I wrote back to him and said, we have a policy that says when a
policeman retires, if you are an IG, AIG, a CP, you are entitled to
some vehicles; please, the extra, return it. Four vehicles are
enough for an average human being, but what will you even do with
four vehicles; but he took 24 vehicles, including two BMW cars.

“I wrote to him (Arase), I wrote to the DIGs.”

Idris disclosed that the Police Management Team would probe the
last promotion in the Force following complaints by many police
personnel that their juniors were promoted over them.

He explained that the probe was to address the discrepancies and
complaints by aggrieved police personnel, who were allegedly
short-changed during the exercise.

Idris stated that the probe panel would be set up to verify if
the promotion was in line with the police service commission policy
and regulations.

The IG explained that his focus was to run a democratic police
organisation, which would be responsive and accountable.

He added that he had directed some audit firms to audit all
police investments to make them more transparent and ensure that
the rank and file, who were also shareholders, had more say in the
police companies.

On strategies to curb the increasing wave of kidnapping and
other crimes, Idris said he would strengthen, retrain and equip the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad to be more responsive and
responsible.

He said he recently removed some Area Commanders in Rivers and
Kogi states when he learnt that they had been compromised.

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The acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, says his
predecessor, Solomon Arase,  went away with 24 police vehicles
while the seven Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, who retired
alongside him, also carted away between seven and eight cars
each.

Idris stated that he had written Arase to return the cars, which
included two official bullet-proof BMW 7 series cars, adding that
the retired police chief and his DIGs had yet to return the
vehicles.

The IG, who said this during an interview with journalists on
Sunday in Abuja, explained that a special investigation team was
already looking at the records of police vehicle purchases in the
last three years as well as how they were distributed.

Arase, however, denied the allegations of his successor, saying
he didn’t go away with any police vehicle.

The former IG, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone
on Sunday, denied taking away 24 police cars, describing the
allegations as a malicious propaganda.

Arase advised Idris to squarely face security issues confronting
the country rather than engaging in “media propaganda.”

He said, “What am I going to do with 24 cars? Do I want to open
a car shop? This is a malicious accusation. There are ways of
verifying issues rather than engaging in media propaganda.”

But Idris, explaining the steps he had taken, said, “If you look
through the windows of my former office and from the report from my
(Force) transport officer, you would see cars but a week to the day
I would resume, all these cars disappeared.

“So, what I am telling you is that I have signed a directive to
my SIP (I have a special investigation panel, I set it up). It is
going to investigate all the vehicle purchases, contributions to
the police and the distribution of those vehicles in the last three
years; we are going to look into that.

“When I took over, there was no vehicle, even the vehicle I
would use. I discovered the last IG went away with 24 vehicles; the
DIGs, some of them eight, some of them seven. The IG’s vehicles
included two BMW 7 series, one armoured; and he left me with an old
car.

“The last time I followed the President with it, he was asking
me, ‘what are you doing with this old car’ because if you see the
headlight, the thing has changed colour, which means they parked it
and rains and everything had fallen on it, but the new ones that
were bought, he (Arase) went with all of them; they are part of the
24.

“I wrote back to him and said, we have a policy that says when a
policeman retires, if you are an IG, AIG, a CP, you are entitled to
some vehicles; please, the extra, return it. Four vehicles are
enough for an average human being, but what will you even do with
four vehicles; but he took 24 vehicles, including two BMW cars.

“I wrote to him (Arase), I wrote to the DIGs.”

Idris disclosed that the Police Management Team would probe the
last promotion in the Force following complaints by many police
personnel that their juniors were promoted over them.

He explained that the probe was to address the discrepancies and
complaints by aggrieved police personnel, who were allegedly
short-changed during the exercise.

Idris stated that the probe panel would be set up to verify if
the promotion was in line with the police service commission policy
and regulations.

The IG explained that his focus was to run a democratic police
organisation, which would be responsive and accountable.

He added that he had directed some audit firms to audit all
police investments to make them more transparent and ensure that
the rank and file, who were also shareholders, had more say in the
police companies.

On strategies to curb the increasing wave of kidnapping and
other crimes, Idris said he would strengthen, retrain and equip the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad to be more responsive and
responsible.

He said he recently removed some Area Commanders in Rivers and
Kogi states when he learnt that they had been compromised.

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appeared first from online sources and was reposted by the community on Welcome to 9jalegal – Nigeria’s Leading Legal
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