Lagos CP Hakeem Odumosu. The Lagos State Police Command has threatened to sell off vehicles and other items parked at its different formations if the owners fail to claim them within 14 days. According to a statement by the police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Departments have been directed to decongest their formations of the items without delay. Lagos CP Hakeem Odumosu. He said affected car owners had been given 14 days to claim their cars/items, after which the command would be left with the option of selling off the cars and items on public auction after due court processes. The statement read, “The Lagos State Police Command has warned the general public, particularly those who have their accident and exhibit cars or items parked at various police formations across the state, to come forward for claims with immediate effect. “The Command detests how police formations in the state are littered with such exhibit cars
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman-designate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been illegally promoted to Chief Detective Superintendent on Grade Level 14 without regard for public service rules. SaharaReporters gathered that the promotion was backdated to March 2020 to correct the error occasioned by his nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari. Also, no promotion examination or appraisal was done before he was promoted. On Tuesday, Buhari asked the Senate to confirm Bawa as the substantive chairman of the EFCC in clear violation of the law establishing the anti-graft agency. According to documents seen by SaharaReporters, the Kebbi born detective was recruited into EFCC in 2004/2005 and has only spent 16 years in service and on Grade Level 13. Meanwhile, the EFCC (Establishment) Act, Section 2a (ii)(iii) says the chairman to be appointed should “be a serving or retired member of any government security or law enforcement agency not below the rank of