From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
The police in Kano State on Friday said one of its officers, Inspector Garba Saleh Rabo, has rejected a N1million bribe offer.
A statement signed by Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, said that Garba Saleh Rabo was attached to the Department of Operations, Nigeria Police, Kano Command.
The statement added that the officer rejected the offer in the company of one Jamilu Buhari Alkasim, both of who were at the time of the offer, attached to the Kano State Consumer Protection Council.
The statement said that the bribe was offered to the personnel by the owner of a warehouse of expired goods worth billions of naira in the state.
Presenting the personnel to the Kano State Police Commissioner, Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, at the Bompai Police Headquarters in the state, the Acting Managing Director of the Kano State Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Baffa Babba Dan Agundi, commended them for refusing to collect the bribe.
Dan Agundi, who is also Managing Director, Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA), told the Commissioner of Police that the said personnel not only rejected the bribe and recovered the expired goods; he also arrested the bribe as exhibit as well as apprehended the suspect.
Dan Agundi, in appreciation, rewarded the police officer with the sum of N1 million while imploring the public to support the police and appreciate outstanding performance.
The Commissioner of Police, who presented the million naira to the two personnel, also called on the people of the state to emulate the personnel while calling on other police officers in the state to emulate the inspector.