Police Officers Refuse N300,000 Bribe, Return N600,000 Wrongly Sent To Account

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has praised police officers for rejecting a N300,000 bribe and 600,000 mistakenly paid into one of them account.

The IG advised senior police officers to commend their personnel who have exemplarily actions while carrying out their duties.

He said this in a statement by the Force acting Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Tuesday.

CSP Elemide Akinkunmi Bishop, who was Head of Operations at the Police Radio returned the sum of N600, 000 mistakenly credited to his account while another police officer, Sergeant Yahaya Ahmed attached to Higher Shari’ah Court, Tudun Wada Division, Gusau, Zamfara State, refused the sum of N300,000 bribe offered to him by one Chukwuka Jude.

“The IGP made the charge while commending the exemplary performances of some officers and men across the State Commands, particularly Sergeant Sampson Ekikere, attached to 22 Police Mobile Force, Ikeja, Lagos, for his uncommon professionalism exhibited on Saturday, 19th March 2022, when he painstakingly recovered a wallet, belonging to one Mr. Lukman Abaja, and traced the owner to deliver the found item.

“He equally commended Sergeant Yahaya Ahmed attached to Higher Shari’ah Court, Tudun Wada Division, Gusau, Zamfara State, for rejecting the sum of N300, 000 bribe, offered to him by one Chukwuka Jude, who was arrested at the same court on 18th January, 2022 for the offence of false presentation and cheating by impersonation.

“Also commended was CSP Elemide Akinkunmi Bishop who was Head of Operations at the Police Radio. CSP Bishop was mistakenly credited with the sum of N600,000 into his Police Account. The officer withdrew the sum and remitted it back to the Nigeria Police Cooperative Society treasury, showing attributes of an honest and trustworthy police officer.”