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President Muhammad Buhari awarding ACP Daniel Amah

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr"><b>The Police Service Commission &lpar;PSC&rpar;&comma; has announced a special promotion for CSP Daniel Amah&comma; who rejected 200&comma;000 dollars bribe&comma; to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police &lpar;ACP&rpar;&period;<&sol;b><&sol;p><div class&equals;"czB9sjfK" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">The Commission’s spokesperson&comma; Mrs Azuka Ogugua&comma; disclosed this in a statement on Friday&comma; in Abuja<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;dailynews24&period;ng&sol;">&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p><div class&equals;"NRqeXpZR" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Ogugua said the police officer was also awarded the sum of N1 million by the PSC&comma; as reward and encouragement for maintaining the integrity of the Police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Amah was also recently honoured with the 2022 Public Service Integrity Award by President Muhammadu Buhari&comma; during the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;google&period;com&sol;">&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">The event was organised by the Independent Corruption Practices and Other Related Offences Commission &lpar;ICPC&rpar;&comma; in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation &lpar;OSGF&rpar;&comma; and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board &lpar;JAMB&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra5L0qJj" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">The Chairman of PSC&comma; Justice Clara Ogunbiyi&comma; a retired Justice of the Supreme Court&comma; said Amah represented the integrity and good character of a deserving Police officer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;10&sol;kano-n245bn-appropriation-bill-scales-through-second-reading&sol;">Kano N245bn Appropriation Bill scales through second reading<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Ogunbiyi said the reward and special promotion would serve as a morale booster for all police officers to keep doing the right thing always&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;On 24th April 2022&comma; a matter was reported to Amah that a suspect&comma; one Mr&period; Ali Zaki&comma; had convinced Bureau De Change Operators that he had 750&comma;000 dollars which he could sell to them at the rate of N430&comma; so he could get the equivalent&comma; which was N322&comma;500&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;After a bank staff confirmed the availability of the money at the bank to the victim&comma; the transaction took place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;However&comma; the suspect arranged with armed robbers to track and rob the victim while the money was being transported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When the matter was reported to the Police Division in Kano State where SP Daniel Amah was the DPO &lpar;Divisional Police Officer&rpar;&comma; it commenced investigations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the course of the investigation&comma; they traced the principal suspect&comma; Mr Zaki&comma; who offered 200&comma;000 dollars to Amah to bury the case through a bank staff&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The offer was rejected&comma; the bank staff was promptly apprehended&comma; and which also led to the arrest of the suspect&period; The 200&comma;000 dollars was recovered and registered as an exhibit&comma;” Ogunbiyi explained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">The News Agency of Nigeria &lpar;NAN&rpar;&comma; reports that the ICPC had also last month&comma; honoured Amah with the 2022 Public Service Integrity Award&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">The ICPC Chairman&comma; Prof&period; Bolaji Owasanoye&comma; described the new ACP as a distinguished public servant&comma; who against all odds&comma; refused to be corrupted and compromised&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are particularly delighted that the Awardee is from the Nigeria Police&comma; an institution often much derided&comma; maligned and under-appreciated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In 2021&comma; one of the Public Service Integrity Awardees was also a police officer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We commend the Inspector General of Police for producing these beacons of light&comma; in a desert of despair&comma;” Owasanoye stated at the anti-corruption summit&comma; which held in Abuja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">Amah&comma; an indigene of Jos East&comma; Plateau State&comma; joined the Nigerian Police Force as a Cadet Inspector in 2002&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr">He is currently serving as the DPO of Bompai Police Station&comma; Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; 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