Senate Set In Motion Investigation into allegations of corruption against IGP Idris

The investigation by the Senate into the allegations of Corruption against the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris was lunched on Wednesday, October 4, after Senator Isah Misau raised an order on the mater during plenary. Misau had cited order 15 and drew attention of the lawmakers to the attack he suffered from the police after he accused the police boss of diverting huge sums of money.
Senate President Bukola Saraki who responded to Senator Misau’s order, referred the matter to the Senate ad-hoc committee for investigation.
Misau’s trouble began after he told National Assembly Correspondents on Friday, August 25 that there is huge corruption in the police involving payments for special security services to corporate bodies, oil firms and highly placed citizens in the country.
The lawmaker also accused Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris of being involved in high-level extortion. But police spokesman Jimoh Moshood says Misau’s accusations are all false. Moshood said said the senator was still a police officer and not a Senator because his name is still in the Police Service. The police spokesperson demanded that Senate ask Misau to return to the Nigeria Police Force to face disciplinary committee and answer all the charges bordering on serious misconduct, unprofessional wrong doings. But Isah Misau said that he followed the provisions of the Police Act and regulations in resigning from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).