BY BRIGHT JACOB
Thespector General of Police, Usman Alkali, has stated that the welfare of an injured Police officer, Musa Muhammed Adamu, who complained of neglect by the Police is “paramount to us in the Nigeria Police Force.”
The IGP, through the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, was reacting to the allegation of neglect by Adamu on a Twitter platform who claimed he was shot and injured during a special joint military/security operation with “Operation Puff Adder” in Kaduna State.
The FPRO who said in a statement that the Police was receiving updates regularly on “every single part of the process from the incident till date” also warned police personnel about the existence of “a standard procedure for channeling complaints within the Force.”
Adejobi, however, said that focus would be on the health of the injured officer and “ensuring his quick recovery, as well as payments of all insurance and medical benefits due to him.”
The statement reads, “The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to a video on the Twitter platform where a personnel of the Force, one DSP Musa Muhammed Adamu attached to Police Mobile Force 45 Squadron, Dei-Dei, Abuja claimed to have been abandoned by the Police after sustaining gunshot injuries while on special joint military/security operation under the auspices of Operation Puff Adder in Kaduna State.
“The Force wishes to state that updates of every single part of the process from the incident till date is being received regularly, while substantial commitments have been made both by the Kaduna State Government, the Nigeria Police Force, Senior Officers under whose Command he has served, and his colleagues who have made valuable contributions on his road to recovery financially and in other forms.
“It is pertinent to state that there is a standard procedure for channeling complaints within the Force and that the Police Social Media Policy is still in effect and enforceable against all contraventions by Police Officers. However, considering the present situation, the Force would rather focus on the major issue, which is the health of the officer and ensuring his quick recovery, as well as payments of all insurance and medical benefits due to him.
“The Force Insurance Officer has been mandated by the Inspector-General of Police to ensure prompt processing of his Group Personnel Accident Insurance Scheme payments and other necessary allowances while we wish him a quick recovery and return to active service,” the statement ended.
