The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has been commended by the management of Summit Oil International Limited for resisting the lure of financial gratification offered by Dr. Akindele Akintoye and his insistence on rule of law no matter who is involved, we gathered reliably.
According to privileged sources, the IGP is working round the clock to instil discipline and engineer a reward system for officers with the courage to resist bribe offered by any party in matters instituted in their respective jurisdiction.
Summit Oil has also recommended to the Police Service Commission promotion for the leader of the team for his uncommon discipline in the face of such a tempting cash offer, we gathered exclusively.
You may recall that a legal charge was filed against Akindele for allegedly bribing the investigative team of the Nigeria Police Force FIB (Force Intelligence Bureau) a whopping N50million with additional promise to pay N100million when he’s released from custody to flee abroad.
Akindele who has been detained for three weeks is enmeshed in alleged crimes from multiple sources some of whom had resorted to dragging him on the social media in the past few weeksYet in the face of heightened pressure, Police IG, Kayode Egbetokun’s resilience in stemming the tide of crime in the country may be the litmus test of a new order of policing under President Bola Tinubu and the pointer to how things will augur in the coming years.
Unperturbed by the cacophonous ranting to distract him, Egbetokun’s body language alongside that of the Police Service Commission seem a glimmer of hope for the protection of people and property as the primary function of the force.
-Biodun Fariogun
