2 arrested over theft of N11.7m police salary

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the theft of over N11.7 million police salary, from the vault of a branch of the Nigeria Police Force Micro-Finance Bank, at Police College, Ikeja, Lagos.
State Police Command spokesman, Mr. Samuel Jinadu, who spoke with Vanguard, yesterday, said an Operational Manager and an Account Officer with the bank were currently being interrogated at the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos.
The police spokesman, who did not give the names of the arrested bank officials, also failed to confirm if they were serving police officers or civilians working with the bank. He explained that the detectives from SCID were currently investigating the theft.
The money, said to have been paid into the bank, last Friday, was discovered missing when police officers from the state command besieged the bank for their September salary.
It was gathered that some police officers had gone to the bank last Friday to withdraw money for the independence celebration, but were asked to come back after the public holiday.
Some police officers, who had received an alert over the payment of their salaries, staged a peaceful protest behind the office of the College Commandant, calling for his removal and the arrest of all the bank staff.

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