Corporal apprehended years after self-promotion to superintendent
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Jun 13, 2024
Corporal arrested years after 'promoting' himself to superintendent
A police corporal, Buba Adamu, has been causing unrest since he promoted himself to superintendent after being transferred from Cross River State Command to Kaduna State Police Command in 2015.
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It was gathered that he refused to report at the Kaduna command and instead began using the uniform and rank of SP to carry out illegal activities in Calabar.
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The Cross River police, Public Relations Officer, SP Irene Ugbo, said the corporal has been operating as a "Mobile Police OfficerÔÇØ without reporting to a specific police command since 2015.
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According to the spokesperson, operatives attached to the command arrested Adamu in Calabar and he has been in detention.
She said; "It is true that the said officer was transferred from Cross River to Kaduna State in 2015, and no one knew he didn't report at his new station ever since.
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"There are allegations that he has been carrying out criminal activities around Bacoco, Nassarawa area of Calabar. All these will be investigated with a view to prosecuting him.ÔÇØ
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It was also learnt that Adamu has since been drawing his monthly salary, even though he never reported at his new station.
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Concerned members of the Nassarawa community, a Hausa/Fulani settlement in Calabar tipped off the police about Adamu's illegal activities in their neighbourhood.
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