24 Police Vehicles Allegedly 'Stolen' By Out-gone IG Found

24 Police vehicles reportedly to have 'stolen' by the the outgone Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase have been found, barely 24 hours after the Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris accused his predecessor, IGP Solomon Arase (rtd) of moving away 24 Police vehicles including the official IGP Staff Car, which is armoured plated and bullet proof, and the spare staff car, both of which are BMW’s,  so reported Vanguard News.

According to Vanguard News, both cars were sent to an auto repair shop for total and comprehensive repairs for use of the next IGP. 

It was rfeported that the cars were sent to Auto Computers located in the Jabi district of Abuja and that the spare BMW car has been completed and repainted. The spare staff car was said to have been having engine problems for the last five years before the last administration sent it for repairs. 

A source at Auto Computer told Vanguard that the spare car was delivered to the Police headquarters on Sunday afternoon after completion of repairs and that officials of the company would visit the Acting IGP to demand for payment of the job done. 

For the armoured plated Staff Car, it was revealed that because of the high technology embedded in the car, the company will need more time to fix the identified problems of the car as some of the needed parts will be imported. 

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The source pointed out that nobody approached Auto Computer to ask about the whereabouts of the cars, and that since it was the police that brought them, they (company) just went about their repairs. 

When Vanguard sought to find out if the proper procedure of ascertaining location of the cars were followed, it was discovered that the Works Department and the Force Transport Department that would have been approached for explanations were not approached. Rather, the IGP secretariat comprising of newly posted officers, were said to have written the former IGP demanding the whereabouts of the staff cars and other 22 vehicles, some the former IGP was said to have interpreted as a slight on his person. 

Further investigation in other relevant departments regarding the whereabouts of other vehicles showed that the vehicles were intact and that while some were deployed for operations, the Police had records of the location of others. 

Recall that when news of the alleged missing 24 vehicles made the rounds on Sunday, the former IGP, responded to questions saying the allegations were the handiwork of mischief makers bent on trying to tarnish his integrity. He wondered what he would be doing with 24 Police operational vehicles when he was not operating a car mart

Earlier, Mr. Arase, who is in London for his son’s graduation according to Premium Times in reaction to claim by the new Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris that he took away 24 police vehicle when he retired said in a statement on Monday that every information needed by his successor on vehicles bought by the police were in his handover notes.

He said all vehicles bought by the police under him were distributed to the state commands and other appropriate units of the force.

He also denied getting any letter from Idris since he has been in the UK.

“I suspect there must be a disconnect somewhere because every information needed by my successor are provided in my handover notes,” Mr. Arase said.

“I’m also not aware that any letter was written to me because if there was any dropped in my house, someone would have alerted me.

“It’s unfortunate that this matter is being made a media issue because my successor has my telephone number and could have called me for any clarification or even sent me a text message rather than addressing the media on an issue well documented in my handover notes.”

Mr. Arase’s successor, Ibrahim Idris, had said on Sunday that his former boss went away with 24 police vehicles after he retired from service.

Retired Police IG, Successor, Idris Fight Dirty Over 24 Alleged Stolen Vehicles By Arase

There is palpable discord between the immediate retired Police Inspector General, Solomon Arase and his successor, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, over the claim by the later that the former took away 24 cars as retirement incentives. 

Mr. Arase, who is in London for his son’s graduation according to Premium Times in reaction to claim by the new Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris that he took away 24 police vehicle when he retired said in a statement on Monday that every information needed by his successor on vehicles bought by the police were in his handover notes.

He said all vehicles bought by the police under him were distributed to the state commands and other appropriate units of the force.

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He also denied getting any letter from Idris since he has been in the UK.

“I suspect there must be a disconnect somewhere because every information needed by my successor are provided in my handover notes,” Mr. Arase said.

“I’m also not aware that any letter was written to me because if there was any dropped in my house, someone would have alerted me.

“It’s unfortunate that this matter is being made a media issue because my successor has my telephone number and could have called me for any clarification or even sent me a text message rather than addressing the media on an issue well documented in my handover notes.”

Mr. Arase’s successor, Ibrahim Idris, had said on Sunday that his former boss went away with 24 police vehicles after he retired from service.

The acting Inspector General also said he had written to his predecessor and other recently retired senior police officers to return the vehicles in their possession.

Mr. Idris said, “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.”

Buhari Plots Extension of Police IG's Stay, As He Retires Tomorrow, Disqualifies All DIG

Barring last minutes change,Presidency may retain the Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase beyond his retirement tomorrow in a plot to reshuffle Service Chiefs, Nigerian Pilot has revealed.

According to information privy to Nigerian Pilot, no Deputy Inspectors General of Police, DIGs may succeed the outgoing Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, who is supposed to retire tomorrow having attained the statutory age of 35 years in service on June 21.

However, there are strong indications that the presidency may not let him go due to circumstance surrounding the federal character principles.

Nigerian Pilot gathered authoritatively that President Muhammadu Buhari may delay Arase’s retirement to enable him reorganise the security leadership of the country to balance the imbalance in the zoning arrangement in the country.

Sources from the Force headquarters have confided in our correspondent that Buhari has appreciated the 18th indigenous IGP’s contribution to his (Buhari’s) anti-corruption war that he is slow to name Arase’s successor in a hurry.

Besides, the sources revealed that none of the DIGs is qualified to success Arase not even the two most senior police officers namely, DIGs Dan’Azumi Job Doma from Nasarawa State and Chintua Amajor-Onu from Abia State.

Other DIGs that may be shutout of succeeding Arase are DIG Sotonye Leroy Wakama (Operations), DIG Mamman Tsafe (Logistics), DIG Kwake Christopher Katso (Investigation), DIG Hashimu Argungu (Training & Development) and DIG Jibril Olawale (Research).

Another source has told Nigerian Pilot that Buhari is going to reshuffle service chiefs within the week to pave way for a northern to emerge new IGP.

Currently, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Y. Buratai (Borno State) and Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar ( Bauchi State) are from North-East, the DG DSS, Lawal Daura from Katsina State, (North-West), while the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin hails from Ekiti State (South-West) and the South-South has Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (Cross River State) and the retiring IGP, Solomon Arase Arase from Edo State.

If the reorganisation story of the service chiefs is true, then, the president is trying to substitute Arase with a northerner.

Nigerian Pilot recalls that Arase, the most proficient IGP in recent times, was appointed Nigeria’s number one policeman by former President Goodluck Jonathan in April 2015 and as he quits service 14 months after, the expectations are high on who to succeed him.

As at today (Monday) the presidency is supposed to have named an acting IGP to success Arase, but information from the presidency has indicated that president Buhari is in a fix to name acting IGP due to the fact that none from the Southern part of the country has favour with the presidency.

According to sources, out of the 24 Assistant Inspectors General of Police, AIGs, 18 of them are from northern Nigeria and from the remaining six, the most qualified are controvertial AIG Mbu Joseph Mbu and the current Force Secretary, AIG Patrick Dokumor, a former AIG in charge of zone 7 comprising FCT Abuja, Kaduna and Niger States.

Against all odds, if DIG Amajor-Onu, who holds a degree in law enforcement and criminal justice, is favoured, she would also be making history as the first female IGP. She is currently in charge of the department of Information and Communication Technology, ICT, at the Force headquarters, while, Doma is currently in charge of the Admin and Finance at the Force Headquarters as well.

Nigerian Pilot gathered that the North-Central zone and the South-East are the most favoured in order to create equation in the distribution of service and security chiefs.

Based on this standing, the South-East and North-Central have none and to correct the imbalance, Nigerian Pilot gathered that the Presidency is considering DIG Dan’Azumi Job Doma or DIG Chintua Amajor-Onu to succeed Arase.

Despite this consideration, some source said Doma may not be the man that the cap fits in this instance as other top police officers are also qualified for the top job because apart from IGP Ogbonna Onovo (rtd), who succeeded Mike Mbama Okiro as number two police officer in the hierarchy, seniority had not been the determinant for choosing an IGP.

AIG Ibrahim Kpotum Idris, who hails from Niger State (North-Central) is also qualified for the job should the presidency decides to retire all DIGs.

Idris holds an LLB (Honours) in Law from the University of Maiduguri, and was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet ASP in 1984 and rapidly rose through the ranks.

Another senior officer from North-Central is AIG Mohammed J. Gana, who is currently the AIG in charge of Zone 4 Makurdi, Benue State and he is also from Niger State.

In the case of IGP coming from South-East, if DIG Chintua is not the right choice, a person from police commissioners from the zone would be elevated and that may mean that many senior officers would be sacrificed because the zone does not have an AIG in the first instance since Chintua is the most senior officer from the zone.

Arase was supposed to proceed on a three-month pre-retirement leave, but history showed that previous IGPs never proceeded on such leave and so it is expected that Arase may spend his last day in office as the police boss.

Arase, who was born on June 21, 1956, hails from Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State and holds a degree in Political Science from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1981 and has as well, bachelors and master’s degrees in Law. Before his appointment as IGP, Arase was the Head of the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department.

DIG Doma is seen to have an edge over most of his peers, given his international and local exposure and exemplary performance as a police officer. He was promoted to the rank of an AIG in 2012, and was promoted to DIG in 2014.

Doma, it is believed, will be appointed the next IG because of his seniority, zone and faith. First, he is the second most senior in the police after Arase and is from the North-Central.

Also, the president may settle for him on account of his religion, which will make him acceptable to other parts of the country, in addition to his home, the North.

Insiders described him as a tough cop who has been playing a very critical role as a member of the police management team. He still has up to 2019 to remain in the force.

Nigeria Pilot

Police IG Goes Partisan, Moves To Resolve PDP's UN-RESOLVABLE Crisis As More Faction Emerges

The Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase has reportedly made a move to resolve the messy crisis that bedeviling the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party, PDP. The police boss has reportedly met with both gladiators, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi. The move, which could either be described as partisan, rather than peacekeeping News Punch has learnt

The PDP's crisis, which it leaders could not resolve is taking a massive toll on the party’s fortunes across the states of the federation as no fewer than 20 state chapters have become factionalised

Mrs. Olabisi Kolawole, the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), yesterday disclosed in a statement that the IGP met Makarfi and Modu- Sheriff in company with the Director-General (DG) of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Lawal Daura, where both men were asked to nominate four representatives each, who will meet within a week, to find solutions to the crisis rocking the party.

Noting that the Wadata Secretariat of the PDP, as well as the Legacy House remain shut, Kolawole said the meeting called for peace among the contending parties. 

Investigations have revealed that the PDP stalwarts in many states that received various sums of money for campaign during the 2015 elections are under investigation while the tussle between Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction and Ahmed Makarfi’s caretaker committee for the soul of the party have exacted a huge price on the erstwhile ruling party.

According to Saturday Telegraph, a large number of state secretariats of the party are practically deserted, as activities are either skeletal or non-existent. Apart from the lull in activities in the states, many of the employees are also being owed backlog of salaries as well as being sharply divided in their support of Sheriff and Makarfi, which has led to the emergence of factions in some states.

How the Police boss will resolve partisan crisis remain unimaginable as moves by party leaders to find a solution to the crisis have been efforts in futility. 

Already, thugs loyal to the former Borno governor yesterday took over the Wadata Plaza national secretariat of the party, vowing to unleash attack on whoever except Modu Sheriff will come to occupy the office.

Police Recruitment: IG Disqualifies Majority of Applicants; See Category of Those DISQUALIFIED

Nigerian Tribune - Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, has disclosed that most of the over 843, 000 applications received from candidates seeking employment as police recruits will not get the job as they have failed the age limit for applicants.

The Police Service Commission (PSC) stipulates 28 years bar in the forms it asked applicants interested in 10, 000 available police jobs to fill in.

Speaking with journalists in Abuja against the backdrop of his first year as IGP, Arase, who is retiring soon, revealed that most of the applicants were between 30 and 34 years of age, adding that such applicants were too old.

He also disclosed that the events that would culminate in the recruitment of successful candidates would begin next month.

“The final process is going to be next month because all those that are uploading details are about 30, 34 (years). All those ones are too old. We won’t select them.

“So, all those 700, 000 or 800, 000 (applications) you are seeing, a lot of them will be knocked out when the system meets them because when you don’t meet the age criterion, you are sorted out (applications are thrown out).

“When your academic qualification doesn’t meet up, you are sorted out (applications are thrown out).

The IGP remarked further that training of successful candidates would be decentralised to the six geo-political zones where he said good-enough facilities would are available.

President Muhammadu Buhari approved the recruitment of 10,000 policemen into the nation’s Police Force to reinforce the police for better service.

The exercise is expected to close on May 13.

Alleged Secret Recruitments Of Atiku, Buhari Children and Allies, CBN Breaks Silence

Godwin Emefiele

The Central Bank of Nigeria has reacted to the public outcry of an illegal recruitment exercise allegedly carried out by the apex bank. Sahara Reporters on Tuesday March 15th, reported that the bank employed the children of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, IGP Solomon Arase and others to some key positions in the bank.

The list of beneficiaries of the CBN’s secret job recruitment includes a daughter of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, a son of Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Buhari and one of the closest members of the president’s inner circle, a son of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, a daughter of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’aba, also daughter of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, a son of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Abdurahman Danbazzau and at least 86 others.

This report has sparked up public outcry as many believed that the bank should have publicized the job openings for many other people to apply.

However in an interview with Premium Times yesterday March 16th, the CBN’s acting Director of Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor said the bank did nothing illegal or wrong in hiring without advertising.

“In the last two years, we have had cause to recruit specialists, and what the law says is that if we are going for that kind of recruitment we should apply for waiver, so that we can do targeted recruitment" 

He said the bank obtained waiver from the Federal Character Commission. 

“The other issue is that there are states that are not well represented (in the CBN), and in this case, we focus on those states to recruits people of certain classes that we used to cover the shortfall in those states,” he said