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IBRAHIM Idris, inspector general of Police has ordered investigation of alleged arrest of a Police bus carrying 75 bags of Indian hemp by the Nigeria Drugs and Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. According to a statement signed by Jimoh Moshood, a chief superintendent of Police and force public relations office, Idris was based on Premium Times of February 27, 2017, report on the alleged arrest.

The statement said in part: “The Nigeria Police Force is an organisation that respects and obeys the law, it also ensures that the conduct and actions of its personnel conform with the dictates of the rule of law and other international best practices.

“Consequently, the Nigeria Police Force will not condone criminal act by any serving personnel. For the avoidance of doubt, the Force was not aware of the arrest of the purported Inspector Abali Zagi by the NDLEA for the said offence until it was reported in the media. However, his identity and the Police vehicle claimed to have been used to commit the act are currently being verified.”

Moshood’s statement said after a careful study of the report, the IGP “directed a full scale investigation into the incidence.”

Hence, he said the Police investigation team would liaise with the NDLEA to ascertain the true personality of the purported inspector and take appropriate action against him if found out to be a serving personnel of the Force and ensure his prosecution by the NDLEA.

—  Mar 1, 2017 @ 15:45 GMT

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