Police recover 19 cars, SUVs from ex-IG Arase

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered an investigation into the purchase and distribution of vehicles by his predecessors, Punchng reports.
It was gathered that the probe was informed by the discovery that retiring officers, including former IGs and Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, were in the habit of appropriating police vehicles for their personal use.

Findings by Punchng show that the probe, which is being handled by the Special Investigation Panel, had identified and recovered 19 police vehicles from former IG, Solomon Arase.
Some of the vehicles include assorted sedans, Sports Utility Vehicles and pick-up vans. The vehicles, it was learnt, were apart from the four vehicles he was entitled to take away with him on retirement.
The SIP is still working to recover five additional vehicles from the former police boss. It was learnt that the SIP, headed by AIG Ali Amodu, (retd.), had also recovered a number of police vehicles from other retired DIGs.