The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba has presented a certificate of commendation to SP Daniel Amah, the Nasarawa Divisional Police Officer in Kano State for rejecting a $200,000 bribe in a case of alleged armed robbery.
It was learnt that the armed robbery case involved a Kano-based legal practitioner and some police officers.
In a letter of commendation presented by the IGP, Amah was hailed for exhibiting “sound professionalism”, leading to the arrest of one Ali Zaki, the Kano-based legal practitioner, and some police officers.
This was contained in a statement released by Abdullahi Kiyawa, the Kano State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer.
The statement read in part, “On behalf of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, the Command’s Acting Commissioner of Police presented a commendation letter to SP Daniel Amah, for maintaining outstanding excellent work ethics, uncommon focus and dedication to duty, and exhibiting sound professionalism leading to the arrest and prosecution of one Ali Zaki and some police officers in a case of an armed robbery involving the sum of three hundred and twenty million, five hundred thousand naira only, as well as rejecting the sum of $200,000 offered to him as a bribe.”