DPO rejects armed robbers’ $200,000 bribe, gets IGP commendation

The Inspector-General Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has presented a certificate of commendation to a police officer who turned down bribe of $200,000 in connection with a criminal syndicate in Kano.

SP Daniel Itse Amah, who is the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State rejected the bribe offered to him by someone connected to the robbery syndicate.

The IGP, in the certificate sighted by The Star, extolled SP Amah for exhibiting sound professionalism leading to the arrest of Ali Zaki, a Kano-based legal practitioner and some police officers.

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It was gathered that the investigations by operatives led by SP Amah culminated in the arrest of the suspected armed robbery syndicate in Kano.

The Star learnt that the case was transferred to the Force Headquarters in Abuja on the directive of IGP for further investigation.

Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed that there was arrest, saying: “The lawyer and other suspects involved in the case have a case to answer and we are still on with the matter.”

The Star