The Nigeria Police Force claims that
it has recover over N111 million from electoral officials alleged to
have been bribed by Rivers state government to rig the December 10, 2016
legislative rerun elections in the state.
An investigative panel set up by the
Inspector-General of Police, which presented its report in Abuja today, said
the money was recovered from 23 suspects allegedly bribed to rig the polls.
The chairman of the panel, DCP
Damian Okoro, disclosed that the sum total of N111.3 million was recovered from
23 electoral officials out of N360m.
He said that some got N15 million
each while three senior electoral officers got N20 million each.
Meanwhile, presenting the report of the joint Police and Department of State Security, DSS, team, led by Mr Damian Okoro, a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Abuja yesterday, it said out of the alleged N360m bribe, N111million and N300,000 were recovered from the electoral officers. Okoro said investigations revealed that each electoral officer got N15m, while the three senior electoral officers for the senatorial zones received an extra N5m each which brought the total to N360m. Giving details of the investigation, Mr Okoro said: “We discovered that failure of leadership and followership, rather than law enforcement, was responsible for political upheaval in the state.
“There was, however, some cases of misconduct on the part of some
electoral officers and law enforcement agents, who unfortunately allowed
themselves to be compromised in their line of duties and deserve to be
disciplined appropriately.”
Responding after receiving the report, the IG, Mr Ibrahim Idris
disclosed that a report on the findings of the investigation will be
made to the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation for further
action regarding prosecution.
“This investigation will put an end to do-or-die politics that is
hampering democracy in Nigeria.
It will put an end to misconduct among security agents and even among electoral officers especially the killing of security agents who are not politicians but only doing their job.” Idris vowed that appropriate actions will be taken against those indicted, noting that the six police officers (Governor Wike’s security details) earlier dismissed for misconduct, will be prosecuted. Reminded that Governor Wike and Rivers State government had alleged the panel had a pre-conceived plan which may have cast doubts on its findings, the IG said: “As for the governor of Rivers State, this is democracy, there is freedom of speech, and everybody has freedom to say anything he likes. The panel went to meet him and in his wisdom, he refused to co-operate. “But the investigation is a joint investigation of both the Police and the DSS.
I believe Nigerian citizens will have confidence in the outcome of the investigation. Aside the security agencies, the office of the Attorney-General will be involved. You cannot say these three agencies of arrest, investigation and prosecution cannot be relied on.” Reiterating that the level of indictment according to the report of the investigation cuts across all politicians, INEC and security agents, the IG expressed sadness that officers lost their lives in the election. “Imagine two police officers being killed and beheaded. You need to see the gory pictures. I want to assure you that whoever is involved in the barbaric killings, whether political parties, INEC officials or even the police, they will face the music. But I see the police investigation panel as a corrective panel,” he said. The panel sitting in Abuja had showcased cash running into millions as money Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State allegedly paid to over 23 staff of INEC, as bribe to rig the election.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/re-run-elections-rivers-govt-bribed-23-polls-officials-n360m-police/
You cannot say these three agencies of arrest,
investigation and prosecution cannot be relied on.” Reiterating that the level
of indictment according to the report of the investigation cuts across all
politicians, INEC and security agents, the IG expressed sadness that officers
lost their lives in the election. “Imagine two police officers being killed and
beheaded. You need to see the gory pictures. I want to assure you that whoever
is involved in the barbaric killings, whether political parties, INEC officials
or even the police, they will face the music. But I see the police
investigation panel as a corrective panel,” he said. The panel sitting in Abuja
had showcased cash running into millions as money Governor Nyesom Wike of
Rivers State allegedly paid to over 23 staff of INEC, as bribe to rig the
election.
Meanwhile, presenting the report of the joint Police and Department of State Security, DSS, team, led by Mr Damian Okoro, a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Abuja yesterday, it said out of the alleged N360m bribe, N111million and N300,000 were recovered from the electoral officers. Okoro said investigations revealed that each electoral officer got N15m, while the three senior electoral officers for the senatorial zones received an extra N5m each which brought the total to N360m. Giving details of the investigation, Mr Okoro said: “We discovered that failure of leadership and followership, rather than law enforcement, was responsible for political upheaval in the state.
It will put an end to misconduct among security agents and even among electoral officers especially the killing of security agents who are not politicians but only doing their job.” Idris vowed that appropriate actions will be taken against those indicted, noting that the six police officers (Governor Wike’s security details) earlier dismissed for misconduct, will be prosecuted. Reminded that Governor Wike and Rivers State government had alleged the panel had a pre-conceived plan which may have cast doubts on its findings, the IG said: “As for the governor of Rivers State, this is democracy, there is freedom of speech, and everybody has freedom to say anything he likes. The panel went to meet him and in his wisdom, he refused to co-operate. “But the investigation is a joint investigation of both the Police and the DSS.
I believe Nigerian citizens will have confidence in the outcome of the investigation. Aside the security agencies, the office of the Attorney-General will be involved. You cannot say these three agencies of arrest, investigation and prosecution cannot be relied on.” Reiterating that the level of indictment according to the report of the investigation cuts across all politicians, INEC and security agents, the IG expressed sadness that officers lost their lives in the election. “Imagine two police officers being killed and beheaded. You need to see the gory pictures. I want to assure you that whoever is involved in the barbaric killings, whether political parties, INEC officials or even the police, they will face the music. But I see the police investigation panel as a corrective panel,” he said. The panel sitting in Abuja had showcased cash running into millions as money Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State allegedly paid to over 23 staff of INEC, as bribe to rig the election.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/re-run-elections-rivers-govt-bribed-23-polls-officials-n360m-police/
Meanwhile, presenting the report of
the joint Police and Department of State Security, DSS, team, led by Mr Damian
Okoro, a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Abuja yesterday, it said out of the
alleged N360m bribe, N111million and N300,000 were recovered from the electoral
officers. Okoro said investigations revealed that each electoral officer got
N15m, while the three senior electoral officers for the senatorial zones
received an extra N5m each which brought the total to N360m. Giving details of
the investigation, Mr Okoro said: “We discovered that failure of leadership and
followership, rather than law enforcement, was responsible for political
upheaval in the state.
“There was, however, some cases of
misconduct on the part of some electoral officers and law enforcement agents,
who unfortunately allowed themselves to be compromised in their line of duties
and deserve to be disciplined appropriately.” Responding after receiving the
report, the IG, Mr Ibrahim Idris disclosed that a report on the findings of the
investigation will be made to the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation
for further action regarding prosecution. “This investigation will put an end
to do-or-die politics that is hampering democracy in Nigeria. It will put an
end to misconduct among security agents and even among electoral officers
especially the killing of security agents who are not politicians but only
doing their job.” Idris vowed that appropriate actions will be taken against
those indicted, noting that the six police officers (Governor Wike’s security
details) earlier dismissed for misconduct, will be prosecuted.
Reminded that Governor Wike and
Rivers State government had alleged the panel had a pre-conceived plan which
may have cast doubts on its findings, the IG said: “As for the governor of
Rivers State, this is democracy, there is freedom of speech, and everybody has
freedom to say anything he likes. The panel went to meet him and in his wisdom,
he refused to co-operate. “But the investigation is a joint investigation of
both the Police and the DSS. I believe Nigerian citizens will have confidence
in the outcome of the investigation. Aside the security agencies, the office of
the Attorney-General will be involved.
The
Nigeria Police Force claims that it has recover over N111 million from
electoral officials alleged to have been bribed by Rivers state
government to rig the December 10, 2016 legislative rerun elections in
the state.
An investigative panel set up by the Inspector-General of Police,
which presented its report in Abuja today, said the money was recovered
from 23 suspects allegedly bribed to rig the polls.The chairman of the panel, DCP Damian Okoro, disclosed that the sum total of N111.3 million was recovered from 23 electoral officials out of N360m.
He said that some got N15 million each while three senior electoral officers got N20 million each.
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