Panel recovers N111m bribe from 23 INEC officials in Rivers
NIGERIA: TWENTY-THREE officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers State collected N111 million as bribe to rig the parliamentary re-run election in the state. The Chairman of the investigative panel set up to probe the electoral and other offences perpetrated during the December 10 re-run election, Damian Okoro, made the disclosure […]
Police chief arrested over N2.7m bribe
NIGERIA: AN Assistant Commissioner of Police, who received N2.75 million bribe to free a suspect, has been arrested by the Complaint Response Unit created to monitor misconduct within the Nigeria Police Force. The Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Abayomi Shogunle, who is the Head of Complaint Response Unit (CRU), disclosed this in the unit’s third quarter […]
Ogun police to probe DPO over extortion as residents protest
NIGERIA: RESIDENTS of Sagamu in Ogun State have protested alleged extortion by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for the area, Mr. John Mark. The protest came at the time the police high command in the state promised to investigate the DPO following the prior allegation of bribe levelled against him by the Majority Leader […]
Ogun police dare Assembly over extortion allegation against DPO
NIGERIA: THE Ogun State Police Command has kicked against the decision of the state House of Assembly to probe a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) over allegation of extortion leveled against him. Following a submission by the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Honorable Mafe Adeyinka, over the allegation, the House ordered the probe of the […]
2015 election: Jonathan offered us $3m bribe, but…, says Islamic bodies
NIGERIA: TWO Islamic bodies, Conference of Islamic Organisations (CIO) and The Muslim Congress (TMC) have opened up on the controversial $2.1billion arms deal under probe by the Federal Government. The body said that through the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, the former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, offered them $3 million “bribe” to support […]
