Anthony Iwuoma
The Nigeria Police Force has stated that the police inspector who was seen voting in the state congress of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kano would be punished.
The Zone 1 Command of the Force in Kano, said its attention had been drawn to the trending picture on the social media, of the police inspector casting his vote alongside his principal, the state APC chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas.
A statement by the Zonal Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Ambursa, disclosee that the inspector, Bashir Mohammed of the Special Protection Unit, Base 1, Kano, is attached to the Government House, Kano, but deployed to work with Abbas as a security aide.
The statement read: “In view of this seemingly unprofessional conduct of the inspector, the AIG (Assistant Inspector General of Police) has referred the matter to the Zonal X-Squad for investigation.
“If the inspector is found to have committed the offence, appropriate disciplinary action will be taken against him.”