Growing corruption: NGO calls for sacking of erring policemen
Fingers CSP Mohammed Misa
By Balarabe Oshiafi
In furtherance of President Bola Tinubu’s quest to subjugate corruption and it’s accompanying ills, a coalition of Non governmental organizations (NGOs) has called on the federal government to separate the grains from the chaff with regard to her security apparatchik saying that as the executioners of policies, how well they muster the strength to prosecute corrupt practices has become a sine quaa non for national development.
The public first fingered a particular Superintendent of Police (SP), Mohammed Musa in this regard on January 18, ,2021 when his untoward public thievery and land grabbing was first reported in the media.
The Nigeria Initiative For Security (NIFS said Mohammed Musa, formerly of special fraud unitSPU Base 2, Lagos State, but now serving in Yobe State, of undermining the police hierarchy and leaking information to the media.
In the statement signed by Odey Ochaba and Mallam Isah Usman, the coalition noted that Musa had been queried by the police authorities vide petition No. AP.105697/FS/FHQ/6, bordering on: Disobedience to Constituted Authority; Absence from Duty; Divided Loyalty; Refusal to Accept Posting; Discourteous Behaviour to the Public and, Conduct Unbecoming of a Public Officer.
“It is regrettable to note that rather than respond and await the review of his gross misconduct, SP Mohammed Musa, has continued to use his friends in the media with the intent to undermine and disrespect not just the Office of the Inspector-General of Police, but the Nigeria Police Force as the primary security architecture in the country,” part of the statement reads.
The duo further noted that “it is unfortunate that an officer, who was once just a driver at the Police Service Commission will ignore and refuse to appear before the Force Disciplinary Committee, have become a danger not only to himself, but the NPF as a whole.
“Let it be known that it is compulsory for every policeman that has been issued query to appear before the committee as it serves as an avenue to explain and exonerate themselves but because SP Musa believes he is larger than life, he shunned the committee and he couldn’t be reached because he turned off all his phones.
“For the avoidance of doubt, all the DIGs as well as the Force Secretary are members of the committee,” the coalition said.
To maintain discipline and safeguard others from undertaking the perilous path, the coalition therefore, urged for the “immediate sack of SP Mohammed Musa given that his litany of woes are innumerable and such a character known to take advantage of the system should not be allowed to infect others.”
Latest reports depict that the ills being perpetuated by Musa now a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) have continued to frustrate government’s avowal to subjugate corruption.
The NGO says just this February 2025, “The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has long been plagued by corruption and abuse of power, but the shocking scale of fraud, racketeering, and criminal activities linked to Mohammed Musa has left both civil society groups and law enforcement officers stunned. Despite previous allegations of misconduct, new investigations reveal a well-coordinated web of corruption that extends from fraudulent land allocations to contract scams, extortion, and bribery.