PRESS RELEASE
RE: “MISAU ACCUSES IGP OF BUYING 2 JEEPS FOR
BUHARI’S WIFE” AND “IGP IDRIS MANIPULATED HIS
RETIREMENT AGE, SAYS MISAU”

· Allegations Baseless and Absolutely Untrue and Outright
Falsehood

· The Two Reports should be discountenanced as
Misinforming and Misleading.

The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to
publications in the Daily Trust Newspaper of 26th October,
2017, page 3 captioned “Misau Accuses IGP Of Buying 2
Jeeps For Buhari’s Wife” and “IGP Idris Manipulated His
Retirement Age, Says Misau” on Page 3 of The Nation of
October 26th 2017” credited to Senator Isa Hamma Misau
and written by Ismail Mudashir and Onyedi Ojiabor of Daily
Trust and Nation Newspapers respectively.
2. The two reports were studied and found out to be an
outright falsehood, misleading, unfounded, a deliberate
attempt to misinform the public and drag the name of the
Wife of the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Mrs Aishat Buhari and that of the
Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni
into a controversy.
3. It is pertinent to state that at no time did the Wife of the
President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, Mrs Aishat Buhari requested directly or indirectly
for vehicles for her use from the Inspector General of Police
and no vehicle whether Jeep or SUV has ever been given for
her personal use.
4. To set the record straight and disabuse the minds of the
public most especially those who must have read the story,
that the Inspector General of Police is empowered by the
1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as
amended and the Police Act and Regulations, precisely
Section 215 (1)(a&b) and (2) “The Nigeria Police Force shall
be under the command of the Inspector General Police“ and
the Deployment and Control of the entire Operations of the
Force including allocation of Police vehicles for operational
use throughout the country shall be under the purview of the
IGP.
5. It is within the powers of the Inspector General of Police
as stated above that when on the 17th January, 2017, SP
Sani M Baba –Inna, the ADC “Wife of the President” Federal
Republic of Nigeria requested for Two (2) vehicles for Police
Personnel in the convoy of Wife of the President for convoy
movement and security purposes. Two (2) Police Vehicles (i)
A Toyota Sienna Bus with Reg. No. NPF 2406D (ii) A Toyota
Hiace Bus with Reg. No. NPF 3363D were approved by the
Inspector General of Police to the ADC “Wife of the
President” SP Sani M Baba –Inna for the purposes
requested and not to the person of the Wife of the President
or for her personal use as alleged by Misau.
6. The Nigeria Police Force categorically wishes to state
that all the allegations made by Misau against the Inspector
General of Police and the Wife of the President, Federal
Republic of Nigeria of buying two (2) Jeeps for the Wife of
the Presidents as reported in some media are baseless,
untrue and done in bad faith to misinform and mislead the
Public. Members of the Public are hereby strongly enjoined
to discountenance and disregard the report in its entirety.
7. On IGP’s retirement age, Misau’s allegations were ill-
motive, for avoidance of doubt, the Nigeria Police Force
Headquarters, Force Secretary Office wrote the Chairman,
Police Service Commission on the 18th of January, 2017
drawing the attention of the Commission to the observation
on the current Staff List of Senior Police Officers whereby
the date of birth of the Inspector General of Police, IGP
Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni was incorrectly stated as
3/01/1959 instead of the actual date 15/01/1959. All
documents and records of the Inspector General of Police,
IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni has 15/01/1959 as his date
of birth except the staff list Senior Police Officers and this is
the reason why the approval of the Honourable Chairman,
Police Service Commission for correction of the error was
sought in this regard.
8. The difference of dates between 3/01/1959 and
15/01/1959 is just Twelve (12) days which is very
insignificant in Thirty Five (35) years that a public servant
can be in service. Attached is letter Ref No. CH.7080/FS/
FHQ/ABJ/SUB.3/30 dated 18th January, 2017 written by
the Force Secretary to the Honourable Chairman Police
Service Commission on the subject matter for media ease
of reference.
9. Furthermore, the Public will note that Issa Hamma Misau
deliberately refused to prove the allegations he previously
levelled against the Inspector General of Police on the floor
of the Senate for which he was invited by the Senate Ad-hoc
Committee but instead brought up other falsehoods to
distract the Committee and the members of the Public.
10. The Nigeria Police Force is assuring the media of its
support and continued cooperation in ensuring a crime free
society and credible reportage. The print media are implored
not to allow the pages of their esteemed Newspapers to be
used to champion campaign of calumny capable of causing
disaffections between the Force and the Public or that can
cast aspersions on the hard earned integrity of the
leadership of the Force.
11. The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris,
NPM, mni, will not be distracted or deterred by mischievous
and misguided individual(s) from carrying out his statutory
responsibilities for the benefit of the entire Police Personnel
and all Nigerians that we serve.
CSP JIMOH O. MOSHOOD
Force Public Relations Officers
Force Headquarters
Abuja.