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Nigeria Inspector General of police igp
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KY edun has said that there is no plan
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to cover up a crime of some police
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officers including a lawyer policeman in
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charge of legal department when in 2023
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the police officers allegedly conspired
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together and stole 43.1 million Nas out
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of the recovered monies from a fford
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Caro worker at the uni aik International
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Airport Abuja igp in a statement issued
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on Wednesday through the first public
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public relations officer Ola adabi said
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the heing officers first possible
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dismissal and criminal prosecution for
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conspiracy according to the press
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release the Nigeria police force has
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noted with concern the recent allegation
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circulating in the media suggesting that
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the inspector general of police igp K
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Adu ukun is shielding a cartel accused
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of smuggling suspicious new bank notes
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from the Central Bank of Nigeria the npf
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categorically refutes these claims
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condemning them as beess and
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orchestrated attempts to Tanish the ig's
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reputation and the Integrity of the
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force the incident in question which
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occurred at the uni aiku International
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Airport on August 26 2023 has been
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investigated the officers involved DSP
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Peter eduk a lawyer in charge of Zone
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Seven legal section inspector Aken Edwin
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inspector Esther okao and Sergeant
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salami kyote all attached to the zone
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seven headquarters were found culpable
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appropriately these officers led by
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inspector Esther okafo on the
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instruction of DSP Peter Ed unlawfully
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arrested Andrew aeder an employee of fat
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fad Caro Nigeria limited who was
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convering the cash sum of 74
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m950 th000 nirra on behalf of clients
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acting without authorization they
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detained Mr AER at the Zone 7
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headquarters Abuja and deliberately
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misrepresented the recovered amount as
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m790 th000 Naas the officers further
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demanded a percentage of the funds to
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suppress the case upon being contacted
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by the alleged owners of the money the
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officers claimed that the Su that had
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recovered from the arrested suspect was
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790,000 nairas and requested a
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percentage of the money to jeopardize
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investigation and Suess The Case outed
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by their actions the money owners
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petitioned the first headquarters Abuja
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and the matter was directed to the igp
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investigation during the process the
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m790 th000 niras was recovered from the
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officers who claimed that it was the
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total money recovered from Andrew AER
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during his arrest after intense
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investigations and a series of trial
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before Dy constituted disciplinary
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panels it was discovered that the
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officers took photographs of the suspect
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and the sacks of monies at the point of
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arrest but claimed the phone they used
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was damaged and subsequently lost in an
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attempt to conceal their
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misconduct however foric intelligence
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showed that this group of officers
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conspired and stole part of the money
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m160 th000 nairas and tasked one of them
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to move the cash out of the fct for
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hiding pending when the heat blows over
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they thereafter resorted to several
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tricks and gimmicks in order to cover
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their tracks one of which is the spread
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of this false narrative and
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misinformation to several online blogs
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and newspaper platforms these officers
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have been suspended being found culpable
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of serious misconduct tampering with
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exhibits abuse of office corrupt
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practice illegal Duty and acts on
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becoming of a police officer the
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movement of such an amount of money by
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the alleged cargo company could have
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been investigated and handled
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professionally by the police but the
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officers were Carried Away by greed and
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therefore acted criminally and
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unprofessionally it is pertinent to note
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that the circulating false narrative is
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a sponsored misinformation cultivated by
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by Mischief Makers who seek to divert
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attention from the criminal acts of the
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police officers by attempting to join
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issues with the Inspector General of
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police the affected officers will be
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prosecuted upon conclusion of due legal
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and administrative procedures we urge
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the public and the media to refrain from
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spreading this false narrative and
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attenting the reputation of the
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Inspector General of police such
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misinformation undermines public trust
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and the from the ongoing efforts of the
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current Administration to reform the
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police force by eradicating
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elements as work bringing you news in a
