The Nigeria Police has asked a serving Senator to return to service on
the grounds that he did not legitimately resign from the Force.
Senator Isa Hamman Misau is being wanted by the police for alleged forgery and desertion from the Police.
The Police in Nigeria is insisting that Misau is still a Policeman and should not be a Senator.
Misau is currently representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
On
Friday, Sen Misau, who is Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy and member
of the Committees on Police Affairs and Intelligence, condemned what he
described as “series of fraudulent practices in the running of the
Nigerian Police”.
Addressing National Assembly Correspondents on
Friday, Senator Misau, who is a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police
(DSP), said that a high level of corruption had been noticed in the
handling of monies allegedly being collected by the police as payment
for special security services rendered by the Police to corporate
bodies, oil firms and highly placed citizens in the country.
The
lawmaker also accused the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, of
extorting money from Commissioners of Police, State Mobile Commanders
and SPU Commanders.
But the Police spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood
has asked the general public and indeed the Senate to dismiss statements
credited to Senator Misau, saying everything he said about the IGP and
the Police are false.
According to Moshood, Senator Misau is “a habitual and unrepentant liar.”
“His
real name in the Police is DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman, with Police number
AP No. 57300. He is still a Police Officer and not a Senator because his
name is still in the Police Service.
“Senate will do the nation
good by asking him to return to the Nigeria Police Force to face
disciplinary committee and answer all the charges bordering on serious
misconduct, unprofessional wrong doings as earlier contained in our
press statement released today.
“We want the public to know that he
is not fit and proper to be a Senator of the federal republic of
Nigeria; because that purported retirement letter he displayed today was
forged.
“All DSP Hamman was saying were cheap blackmail, distraction and deliberate acts to derail investigation.
“So
the force will want the Senate Ethics and Privileges committee which we
have confidence and trust into see reason to ask him to dress up in his
police uniform to come and appear before police disciplinary committee
to answer charges against him.
“The IGP has no use to distractions
DSP Hamman is instituting before the public, and no matter the position
any person is, once he or she runs afoul of the law, he will be made to
answer the charges,’’ Moshood stated.
Source: dailypost
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