Nigeria: 2017 Budget - Police Succumb, Return Items Seized From Goje's Home

28 April 2017

After the Nigeria Police initially issued a strongly worded statement thursday morning denying that they carted away the report on the 2017 budget and related documents from the residence of the Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje during a raid on his residence, the police succumbed to subtle arm-twisting from the National Assembly forcing the Force to return the items.

According to THISDAY findings, the police were forced to fold after the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, was confronted by the legislature with evidence of alleged misappropriation of police funds under his watch.

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