A serving police officer, Sergeant Kabiru Isah, attached to the Command’s Motor Traffic Division (MTD) has returned the sum of one million, two hundred and ninety-four thousand, two hundred Naira (N1,294,200.00) found at the scene of a fatal accident within Kano metropolis.
The junior officer was said to have discovered the money while conducting scene alalysis, minutes after the fatal accident shortly after the deceased was knocked down by a Trailer along Zaria Road Kano while on his motorcycle.
A statement by DSP Abdullahi Haruna, Police Public Relations Officer, Kano police Command said the recovered sum was concealed in a shoe box.
DSP Abdullahi Haruna explained that the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, fsi, while handing over the money to the relatives of the deceased, called on Police officers, as well as, good people of the state to emulate the behavior displayed by the officer.
He also commended the officer for doing his job in accordance with the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Alkali Baba Usman, psc(+), NPM, fdc.
Overwhelmed by the behavior displayed by the police officer, the Managing Director, Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA), Dr. Baffa Babba Dan Agundi rewarded the officer with the sum of one hundred thousand Naira (N100,000.00).
While handing over the money through the State Traffic Officer (STO), SP Magaji Musa Majia, MD KAROTA stated that, he was happy that the police officer involved is attached to the Traffic Division of the Command and called on the good people of the State to emulate the good behavior displayed by the officer.
He said: “We appreciate what the police are doing in Kano and we must give them all necessary support and cooperation.”
