No fewer than 40 policemen providing security and investigation support to Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Rimin Gado, have been withdrawn by the Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun.
The IGP gave the order for the withdrawal of the policemen to the State Commissioner of Police Usaini Gumel on Thursday.
A text message circulated to the affected policemen read: “Order and Directives to all officers and men of the Nigeria police force attached to public complaint and Anti corruption commission Kano State are warned directed to report back to Command headquarters with immediate effect those with high profile cases to hand over such to Head of Operations immediately all to acknowledge please.”
A credible source at the commission told DAILY NIGERIAN that some of the policemen are helping the commission anti-corruption investigations, providing security to the commission’s headquarters and other seized properties under investigation.
It could be recalled that the Kano anti-corruption boss has been facing alleged multi-million naira fraud case.
When contacted on the matter, the force public relations officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, neither responded to a call or reply to a message sent to his known phone number at the time of filing this report.
More details to follow…
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