Chairman of Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Hon. Nasara Rabo, has rewarded Mr Idris Ibrahim, the divisional Police Officer (DPO) who rejected an amount of money offered by a suspected kidnapper to help truncate his investigation, with the sum of N 1 million,

Ibrahim, the DPO of Tafa in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, made headlines recently, for the heroic act.

In a letter of recommendation issued on Monday, Rabo disclosed that the DPO arrested a kidnapper on January 22, 2024, who attempted to bribe him with huge amounts so that the investigation could be truncated or distorted.

Homeless, the police officer rejected the bribe and vowed to allow the law to take it’s full course.

“This singular effort you made has not only made the Nigeria Police Force proud but it had also made the good people of Kagarko Local Government Area, the good people of Kaduna State, and Nigeria at large, adding this is a testimony that with the calibre of officers like you in service insecurity and other criminality that bedeviled our society today will become history.

“Under the foregoing, my Council and the management staff of Kagarko LGA hereby serve you with a formal letter of commendation and also present you with a token gift of one million naira as a moral booster to make you put more patriotic effort in dealing with criminality in the LGA and the country at large,” the letter reads.

He urged all police personnel in the state to always uphold the ethics of the profession by refusing to be compromised in the discharge of their duties, and prayed to Almighty God to continue to encourage the DPO to put in his best in the protection of lives and properties of Nigerians. (Vanguard)

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