Police Officer Rejects N1 million Bribe, Arrest Giver


A police officer of the Operations Department of the Kano State Police Command, Inspector Garba Saleh Rabo, has rejected a bribe of N1 million offered him by a dealer of expired products.

The police officer alongside Jamilu Buhari Alkasim, a member of Consumer Protection Council Task Force had an information of the expired goods and stormed the warehouse to effect seizure and in the process, they were offered the bribe to compromise.

Confirming the development to newsmen on Friday, State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, stated that the duo were instead offered N1 million each as a gesture by the Consumer Protection Council (CPC).

He said; "The acting Managing Director of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Hon. Dr. Baffa Babba Dan Agundi stated that the two personnel, one Inspector Garba Saleh Rabo, attached to the Department of Operations, Kano State Police Command, and one Jamilu Buhari Alkasim attached to Consumer Protection Council Kano have done a commendable job by refusing to collect bribe.

"The two personnel while working at the Consumer Protection Council Task Force, having received information that expired goods worth billions of Naira were kept in a warehouse, the task force team stormed the warehouse, where one Million Naira (N1,000,000.00) was offered as a bribe.

They rejected the bribe, recover the expired goods, the money as an exhibit, and arrested the suspect.

“The agency commended the two personnel and decided to reciprocate by given the like sum to the personnel. He called on the general public to continue to support the Police and appreciate those with outstanding performances.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Sumaila Dikko, after presenting the sum of One Million Naira ( N1,000,000.00) to the personnel, call on the good people of the state to emulate the behaviors displayed by the personnel."

He therefore urge other police officers to emulate from inspector Garba Saleh Rabo.

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