A Female Police Inspector, Charity Oyor, has been awarded a cash reward after rejecting bribe from a suspect.
This was revealed in a statement by the spokesman of the Anambra Police Command Tochukwu Ikenga, on Friday.
The cash reward was handed over to Inspector Oyor by the Anambra Police Commissioner, Aderemi Adeoye.
The spokesman revealed that Oyor is attached to the Main Market Police Division, Onitsha.
The rewardee seized six heavy bundles of stripped armoured cable believed to have been stolen by the suspect.
The suspect is said to have subsequently attempted bribing the Officer with a sum of N500, 000, which was promptly turned down by the Officer.
“She stopped the driver and inquired about the consignment from the purported owner who rather than explain how he came to be in possession of the cable offered her a bribe which she rejected,” the statement added.
“The Police Inspector put a call across to her DPO Superintendent Joy Chidinma Ikpeama who led Police Personnel to the scene and arrested the suspect.
“The cable was impounded and taken to the Station for investigation.
“At the station, the suspect again offered a sum of N500,000 to be allowed to go. This was rejected by the officers. The DPO promptly briefed the Commissioner of Police on the arrest and recovery,” the Spokesman revealed.
The case was then moved to the State CID, Awka.
While on hand to hand over the cash reward, the Police Commissioner lauded Inspector Charity Oyor for not compromising, instead, standing true to the values and ethos of the Police profession.
He called on her colleagues in the Force to emulate her act going forward.
