The Nigeria Police has said that there is currently no plan on ground or
any decision reached to promote the officers who participated in the
arrest of billionaire kidnap kingpin, Onwuamadike Chukwuduben a.k.a
Evans.
According to DailyPost, Evans, believed to be Nigeria’s most dreaded kidnapper,
was arrested two weeks ago by men of the Inspector General of Police,
IGP, Ibrahim Idris’s Intelligent Response Team, IRT led by Assistant
Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.
Following the successful
operation by the officers, reports emerged that the IGP had ordered the
promotion of the officers that participated in the apprehension of the
deadly criminal.
But reacting to the report, Force Public
Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood told DAILY POST that the news of the
promotion was the figment of the writer’s imagination, saying that there
was no such arrangement on ground.
Moshood was reacting to the
inquiry on report that some senior officers were planning to stop some
of the officers that arrested Evans from being promoted.
The
report had earlier claimed that the IG had actually promoted the
officers within his capacity from the rank and file and that some
officers were out to stop the promotion.
But the police
image-maker in a telephone conversation with our Correspondent on
Friday, said that nothing about any promotion for any officers has been
made known to him.
According to him, “If such decision was made, I will be the one to make it public.
“If
the Inspector General or the Police Force want to promote officers that
performed gallantly, it’s a good move to encourage them, but there’s
nothing of such for now.
“I’m telling you authoritatively that there’s nothing like that.”