PHOTOS: Police officer rejects N1m bribe in Kano

A Police Inspector Garba Saleh Rabo, with the Operations Department Kano Police Command, has rejected the sum of N1 million offered to him as a bribe.

The acting Managing Director, Kano Consumer Protection Council (CPC) Baffa Babba Dan Agundi presented the Inspector and one other, Jamilu Buhari Alkasim to the Kano State Commissioner of Police Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko on Thursday.

Solacebase reports that the duo of Inspector Garba Saleh Rabo and Jamilu Buhari Alkasim are attached to the state Consumer Protection Council (CPC) task force.

A statement issued by Kano Police Command Spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa on Thursday said Dan Agundi noted that Inspector Garba Saleh Rabo and Jamilu Buhari Alkasim,  have done a commendable job by refusing to collect bribe.

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‘’The two personnel, having received information that expired goods worth billions of naira were kept in a warehouse, stormed the facility, where N1 million was offered a bribe, ‘’said the statement.

“They rejected the bribe, recovered the expired goods, the money as an exhibit and arrested the suspect,” said Dan Agundi who is also the MD of Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA).

‘’The agency commended the two personnel and decided to give the same amount in appreciation to them. He called on the general public to continue to support the police and appreciate those with outstanding performances.’’

According to the statement, the Commissioner of Police Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, after presenting the sum of N1 million to the personnel, called on the good people of the state to emulate them.