The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), has denied allegations of corruption and abuse of office by one of its national working committee members.
In a statement by the PCRC assistant national publicity secretary, Muhammed Sale, the PCRC said the allegations are unfounded and embarrassing to the organization as the person of the inspector-general of police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun and the Force PRO, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi were dragged into the issue and accused of covering up corruption.
The PCRC was reacting to media report, titled “How Nigeria Police Force Is Covering Up Corruption, Abuse Of Office Allegation In The Police Community Relations Committee”, where the unnamed member of the PCRC made the allegations.
The statement stated that the root of the disagreement and subsequent allegations was because the accuser was not allowed to retain the office of the National Women Committee Coordinator of PCRC.
Part of the statement read that ” the attention of the National Working Committee (NWC), of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), has been drawn to a publication online with fictitious and frivolous claims by a disgruntled element who has continued to constitute and conduct herself with a very few minority in the NWC and as a matter of fact; with just two out of a 25 member NWC as elements of stagnation, retrogression and bitterness because she was not granted her desired wish of becoming the coordinator of the PCRC National Women Committee at over 70 years of age.
“After several attempts to stop the unprecedented progress being recorded in the PCRC under the current NWC led by the national chairman, Alhaji Mogaji Ibrahim Olaniyan for selfish and other demonic motives, this disgruntled element who has apologised severally for her unbecoming conducts at different occasions both within and outside the PCRC with verifiable records have continued to drag the PCRC in the mud.
“Despite her failures with many unsubstantiated claims through series of petitions, which have been and being diligently investigated, this bitter personality made many failed attempts to induce almost all NWC members and national appointees who swiftly rejected her offers and instead advised her to join the PCRC in moving the train of PCRC forward. Unfortunately, a former aid to the national chairman on ICT fell for the pot of porridge she offered him. This poor orphan and street photographer who was adopted and engaged by the national chairman out of pity, was induced by this disgruntled element to shortchange the PCRC.
“We have refused to mention her name and that of the former aide to the national chairman which are already mentioned in the fictitious online publication out of respect for their immediate and extended family members who may cherish their family names more than they do, despite the fact that the former usually derives joy in defaming people’s character just as proven by her deliberate act of dragging the highly referred offices and personalities of the inspector-general of police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun and the Force PRO/National Permanent Secretary of the PCRC, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.”
The statement further added that “under the current NWC, the PCRC has made giant strides including the recovery of our National Secretariat Site in Jabi FCT Abuja which was almost lost to highly sophisticated conspiracy from both enemies within and outside the PCRC who have concluded plans to sell the land for almost a Billion Naira.”
