My predecessors left with 22 police vehicles – Ex-IGP Arase
The immediate past Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has advised his successor, Ibrahim Idris, to avoid engaging in acts that could bring any past occupant of that office to public ridicule.
In a letter dated December 1, 2016, which he wrote to Idris, Arase pointed out that it was for this reason that while he was in office, he ensured that Force Order 295 was put in place to protect ex-IGs from being demeaned.
Arase, who retired as police IG in June, said it was in the spirit of this order that he desisted from ridiculing the last two IGs before him even though he knew that they each went away with 13 and nine police vehicles respectively when leaving office.
The former IGs, which Arase referred to, are Mohammed Abubakar, who left in 2014 and Suleiman Abba, who was asked to leave in April last year by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Arase said this in his reply to the allegations by Idris that he (Arase) took away 24 police vehicles while leaving office in June as the IG.
The ex-IG had earlier dismissed his successors allegations that he left with two dozens of vehicles while leaving office, wondering what he would do with such number of vehicles.
Arase said rather than denigrate Abba, who he succeeded, he indeed initiated actions and bought a brand new bulletproof jeep for the sacked IG despite the fact that Abba’s administration left a debt of N28bn for him to contend with.
He urged Idris to put the integrity and honour of the Nigeria Police Force first in any action he might want to take so that the force would not be exposed to public ridicule.
Arase said, “In spite of the emplacement of this order and despite the fact that my two immediate predecessors left office with 13 and 9 vehicles of different makes and models respectively, I never pressurised either of them to return any of such vehicles neither did I engage in any act that was capable of bringing them to ridicule as being done to me of late by a force I dedicated my life to serving up to the highest level.
“Rather, it is on record that I went the extra mile to source for funds and initiated actions towards purchasing a brand new bulletproof jeep for my immediate predecessor, even after his retirement from service. This was done notwithstanding the fact that I inherited and had to manage a huge debt profile of about N28bn, which limited the financial base of the force at the time.”
Among the 13 vehicles, which Arase said Abubakar took away were a BMW (7 series) bulletproof car; and two Toyota Land Cruiser V8 bulletproof jeeps.
According to him, Abba also took away a Toyota Land Cruiser bulletproof jeep and a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado jeep along with seven other vehicles.
Arase said God had blessed him so much and he was contended to the point that he would willingly surrender “all my vehicular entitlements even as contained in the Revised Force Order 295 in the overriding interest of the force and in the sustenance of the legacy of comradeship between an incumbent IGP and his predecessor.”
He said he decided to delay in returning the vehicles, which Idris alleged he took away, as a form of protest against the “unfair, untidy and demeaning approach the matter was handled until now.”
Arase, however, said he harboured no animosity towards Idris and encouraged him to feel free to approach him for advice, just as his predecessors did to him.
In a letter dated December 1, 2016, which he wrote to Idris, Arase pointed out that it was for this reason that while he was in office, he ensured that Force Order 295 was put in place to protect ex-IGs from being demeaned.
Arase, who retired as police IG in June, said it was in the spirit of this order that he desisted from ridiculing the last two IGs before him even though he knew that they each went away with 13 and nine police vehicles respectively when leaving office.
The former IGs, which Arase referred to, are Mohammed Abubakar, who left in 2014 and Suleiman Abba, who was asked to leave in April last year by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Arase said this in his reply to the allegations by Idris that he (Arase) took away 24 police vehicles while leaving office in June as the IG.
The ex-IG had earlier dismissed his successors allegations that he left with two dozens of vehicles while leaving office, wondering what he would do with such number of vehicles.
Arase said rather than denigrate Abba, who he succeeded, he indeed initiated actions and bought a brand new bulletproof jeep for the sacked IG despite the fact that Abba’s administration left a debt of N28bn for him to contend with.
He urged Idris to put the integrity and honour of the Nigeria Police Force first in any action he might want to take so that the force would not be exposed to public ridicule.
Arase said, “In spite of the emplacement of this order and despite the fact that my two immediate predecessors left office with 13 and 9 vehicles of different makes and models respectively, I never pressurised either of them to return any of such vehicles neither did I engage in any act that was capable of bringing them to ridicule as being done to me of late by a force I dedicated my life to serving up to the highest level.
“Rather, it is on record that I went the extra mile to source for funds and initiated actions towards purchasing a brand new bulletproof jeep for my immediate predecessor, even after his retirement from service. This was done notwithstanding the fact that I inherited and had to manage a huge debt profile of about N28bn, which limited the financial base of the force at the time.”
Among the 13 vehicles, which Arase said Abubakar took away were a BMW (7 series) bulletproof car; and two Toyota Land Cruiser V8 bulletproof jeeps.
According to him, Abba also took away a Toyota Land Cruiser bulletproof jeep and a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado jeep along with seven other vehicles.
Arase said God had blessed him so much and he was contended to the point that he would willingly surrender “all my vehicular entitlements even as contained in the Revised Force Order 295 in the overriding interest of the force and in the sustenance of the legacy of comradeship between an incumbent IGP and his predecessor.”
He said he decided to delay in returning the vehicles, which Idris alleged he took away, as a form of protest against the “unfair, untidy and demeaning approach the matter was handled until now.”
Arase, however, said he harboured no animosity towards Idris and encouraged him to feel free to approach him for advice, just as his predecessors did to him.
- DIS GUY...DONT U HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO BE TRYING TO BRING DOWN YOUR PREDECESSOR???
- DAT GUY (ARASE) DID A BETTER JOB THAN ALL THE EX IGs PUT TOGETHER, AND IF U (IDRIS) SPEND D NEXT 20 YEARS IN DAT POSITION U CAN NEVER MATCH UP TO ARASE.
- ARASE WAS A VERY POLISHED AND MEASURED PERSON, AND I BELIEVE U COULD HV RESOLVED DIS ISSUE BEHIND D SCENE RATHER THAN GO TO THE PRESS.
- U ARE A VERY INEFFECTIVE IG, AND LACK KNOWLEDGE OF THE JOB. U ONLY GOT DAT POSITION BCOS OF BUHARI'S 'MALLAM SUPREMACIST' APPROACH TO POLITICS....SO SHUT YOUR 4UKIN MOUTH AND DO D 4UKIN JOB.
- YOU ARE MERELY DIVERTING AWA ATTENTION....SILLY GUY.
- IT IS SO CHEAP TO KEEP BRINGING DOWN YOUR FORMER OGA..EVERY MILITARY MAN KNOWS DAT....U ARE OBVIOUSLY A STUPID POLICEMAN DAT HAS NO RESPECT FOR 'ESPRIT DE CORP'.....MUMU GUY. ESPRIT DE CORP IS 'SACROSANCT' !!!
- MY LATE FADA WAS A POLICEMAN IN KAM SALEM ERA...AND HE USED TO SAY...A POLICEMAN DAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND ESPRIT DE CORP IS NOT A POLICE MAN.
- IDRIS IS NOT A POLICEMAN...U ARE A 'LAZY CADET' WHO MADE HIS WAY TO D TOP BCOS OF YOUR STUPID HAUSA MALLAM CONNECTION....DIS IS D SAD THING ABOUT AWA STUPID COUNTRY.....SQUARE PEGS IN ROUND HOLES.
- WE ARE WAITING FOR U...I KNOW BY THE TIME U FINISH, U WILL GO DOWN AS THE WORST POLICE IG NIGERIA EVER HAD....YOUR BRODA HAFEEZ RINGIM IS HIDING IN LONDON AFTER MESSING UP BIG-TIME...MAYBE U WILL GO AND HIDE IN DUBAI WHEN U FINISH 4UKING UP OUR POLICE SERVICE TOO....yeye empty mallams.
- BLOODY DUNDERHEADS.....YOU PEOPLE THINK MILITARY OR PARA-MILITARY JOB IS ONLY TO DO WITH WEARING YEYE FREAKING UNIFORMS. U FAIL TO REALIZE DAT MODERN POLICING HAS MORE TO DO WITH BRAIN WORK THAN BRUT FORCE. ARASE IS A LAWYER AND MAN OF LETTERS, FULL OF INTELLECT. WHAT DOES SMALL ILLITERATE IDRIS HAVE TO OFFER IN DAT RESPECT...nothing....ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. U even go school sef???
- I AM INCENSED !!! MODA4UKAAAAAAA!!! U MALLAMS HAVE IT TOO GOOD, AND U FORGET DAT SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK TWICE AS HARD AS YOUR 4UKIN SELVES.....HOW MANY 4UKIN YEARS HAS IDRIS SPENT IN D POLICE...AND YET U DON BECOME 4UKIN IG ALREADY.........MAKING YEYE NOISE.
- I DO NOT KNOW ARASE FROM 'ADAM'...BUT LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD.....IDRIS IS TOO PETTY (LIKE MARKET WOMAN)....all talk and no action.
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