The immediate past Inspector-General of Police, Mr.
Solomon Arase, has advised his successor, Mr. Ibrahim
Idris, to avoid engaging in acts that could bring any past
occupant of that office to public ridicule.
This is coming after Idris accused Arase that he took
away 24 police vehicles while leaving office in June as
the IG.
In a reply dated December 1, 2016, Arase pointed out
that he desisted from ridiculing the last two IGs before
him even though he knew that they each went away with
13 and nine police vehicles respectively when leaving
office.
That it was for this reason that while he was in office, he
ensured that Force Order 295 was put in
place to protect ex-IGs from being demeaned.
The former IGs, which Arase referred to, are Mohammed
Abubakar, who retired in 2014 and
Suleiman Abba, who was sacked in April last year by
former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Arase had earlier dismissed his successor's allegations
that he left with two dozens of vehicles while leaving
office, wondering what he would do with such number
of vehicles.
Arase said rather than denigrate Abba, who he
succeeded, he indeed initiated actions and bought a
brand new bulletproof jeep for the sacked IG despite the
fact that Abba’s administration left a debt of N28bn for
him to contend with.
He urged Idris to put the integrity and honour of the
Nigeria Police Force first in any action he might want to
take so that the force would not be exposed to public
ridicule.
Arase said,
“I expect that former occupants of the office of
the Inspector-General of Police should not be
demeaned. This explains why Force Order 295 was
emplaced by the force management under my
leadership as acknowledged in your letter in
reference.
“In spite of the emplacement of this order and
despite the fact that my two immediate
predecessors left office with 13 and nine vehicles
of different makes and models respectively, I
never pressurised either of them to return any of
such vehicles neither did I engage in any act that
was capable of bringing them to ridicule as being
done to me of late by a force I dedicated my life
to serving up to the highest level.
“Rather, it is on record that I went the extra mile
to source for funds and initiated actions towards
purchasing a brand new bulletproof jeep for my
immediate predecessor, even after his retirement
from service. This was done notwithstanding the
fact that I inherited and had to manage a huge
debt profile of about N28bn, which limited the
financial base of the force at the time.”
Among the 13 vehicles, which Arase said Abubakar took
away were a BMW (7 series) bulletproof car; and two
Toyota Land Cruiser V8 bulletproof jeeps.
According to him, Abba also took away a Toyota Land
Cruiser bulletproof jeep and a Toyota Land Cruiser
Prado jeep along with seven other vehicles.
Arase said God had blessed him so much and he was
contended to the point that he would willingly surrender
“all my vehicular entitlements even as contained in the
Revised Force Order 295 in the overriding interest of the
force and in the sustenance of the legacy of
comradeship between an incumbent IGP and his
predecessor.”
He said he decided to delay in returning the vehicles,
which Idris alleged he took away, as a form of protest
against the “unfair, untidy and demeaning approach the
matter was handled until now.”
Arase, however, said he harboured no animosity towards
Idris and encouraged him to feel free to approach him
for advice, just as his predecessors did to him.


Source - http://www.larinkablog.com/2016/12/my-predecessors-left-with-22-police.html?m=1

Denial @ first, then confirmation.

You know you entitled to 4cars but took more.

Ur predecessors left with more than they are entitled to but instead of correcting the wrong, you admitted buying more for one of them again!!! Gosh, what sort of country or people are we? An ex-IG (highest law officer of a nation) and a lawyer!!!

Imagine what the money could've done to the morale of the personnel, upgrade of infrastructure, et al.

Corruption fighting back. You must return the cars or else we will give you Tafa Balogun treatment. I still stand with Buhari for better Nigeria