Police Reacts To News Of Inspector’s Alleged Insult Of Buhari, Osinbajo, IGP

Inspector Sunday U. Japheth, of 8 Police Mobile Squadron, Jos who was arrested for allegedly insulting President Buhari, Vice President Osinbajo and the IGP

The Yobe State Police Command has distanced itself from the unprofessional and undisciplined conduct of Inspector Sunday U. Japhet, over a derogatory Facebook post he titled: ‘Nigeria with a President who wants to Fight to Corruption and Tackle Insecurity’.

In a statement released by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abdulmalik Abdulhadeez stated that the write up was meant to deceive and misinform the public, Daily Post reports.

“The write-up is apparently intend as to deceive or misinform the general public including members of the Nigeria Police Force especially the visiting Police Mobile Force Units in Special Duty in the North East.

“It is evidently clear that the said Inspector (Sunday U. Japhet) wanted to incite the visiting units to mutiny against a constitutional authority”, ASP Abdulhafeez said.

The Yobe State Command, via the PPRO described part of Japhet’s post as a baseless lies that the police high command deposited the allowance of the personnel in some secret accounts in order to share the acquired interest.

“It is on record that, the Federal Government is operating Treasury Single Account (TSA) that made it impossible to divert any fund.

“Furthermore, all payments are directly paid into the Private Bank Account of all personnel from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation”, Abdulhafeez explained.

The Command’s spokesman further stated, that the Inspector General of Police has been working assiduously to ensure the timely payment of allowances of personnel nationwide.

Inspector Japhet is a Mobile Police Force, PMF, from 8 Squadron, Jos, and he was on special duty serving in Dapchi, Bursari local government area of Yobe state.

The said Inspector Sunday U. Japhet had already been arrested by the Yobe State Police Command, for allegedly posting disrespectful comments against President Buhari, Vice President Osinbajo and Inspector General of Police Adamu via his Facebook page.