The Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Egbetokun has ordered an immediate investigation to identify those responsible for a recent deliberate misinformation disparaging article titled: Nigeria Police Force Face Funding Scandal: N15,000 Allocation for 3 Months Sparks Corruption Concerns.
Noting that "No Divisional Police Officer of the Nigeria Police Force would grant such an interview filled with so many derogatory inaccuracies, unless an impostor."
Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a press statement on Friday said subsequent upon the highly misleading and scandalous publication that Divisional Headquarters receive no budgetary allocation and that officers rely solely on unofficial sources of funds for operations, including bail payments.
The Police Authority maintains that Divisional Police Officers receive statutory funding based on established allocations from the Federal allocation coupled with support from their respective State Governments.
He stressed that any contrary assertion as contained in the publication is not only false but a calculated attempt to run down the system and discredit the police authority.
"While we acknowledge that inadequate funding has long been a challenge for the police, the current government has demonstrated commitment to increasing funding to enhance operations and improve policing capabilities and overall effectiveness.
"The funding situation, in recent times, has begun to show notable improvement with promising prospects for further enhancement in the upcoming year.
"The Nigeria Police Force thereby reiterates its commitment to the principle of transparency in the course of discharging its duties and warns mischief makers to desist from attempts to detract and malign its progress, as the Force will not permit malicious individuals to continue to disparage the institution or slander its dedicated officers who toil day and night to secure our nation."he said