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Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by Heazy2015(m): 5:20am On Nov 25, 2015 |
An Assistant Superintendent of Police, a female inspector and a
corporal are currently being detained by the Lagos State Police
Command for allegedly collecting the insurance claims of dead and
non-existent policemen.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the arrested officers, who are attached
to the insurance section of the command, had allegedly swindled
the Force by collecting the claims of policemen which reportedly
ran into millions of naira.
Our correspondent gathered that the suspects, whose names had
yet to be ascertained, were arrested by the X-Squad Section of
the command on Monday, November 10, after a petition reached
the police authorities that families of some dead policemen had
yet to get the claims.
It was learnt that the three policemen were thereafter allegedly
found to have diverted the money and were subsequently
arrested.
A police source told our correspondent on Tuesday that the
officers were about to undergo an orderly room trial. He added
that each of the deceased officers had a claim of about N500,000
which the suspects had allegedly pocketed.
He said, “The policemen are attached to the insurance section, and
they are in charge of handling the claims and gratuities of
deceased officers. They were arrested about two weeks ago.
What happened was that they defrauded the police by collecting
money on behalf of non-existent and dead policemen.
“Their mode of operation is to cook up names of policemen, claim
that the policemen are dead, and then collect their claims. The
money runs into millions. They are currently in the cell, and they
are going to face an orderly room trial.
“It was when a petition got to the command that investigation
began into the matter. We went to some divisions where the
three officers claimed policemen had died and had collected
gratuities for them, but we discovered that there were no such
names.
“We also discovered that the families of some dead policemen,
whose claims had been paid by the police, had not got their
claims. That was how the three were arrested. The total sum of
the fraud is not known, but if each insured policeman gets about
N500,000, then the amount runs into millions.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, confirmed the
arrest.
Offor, who declined to name the suspects, added that
investigation was ongoing into the matter.
He said, “Some police officers were arrested on an allegation of
fraud. The fraud borders on tampering with records of deceased
members of the Force. We have some families of deceased
policemen whose families said they died as far back as 2013, and
the families had not got their entitlements. There could still be
others involved. But investigation is ongoing into the matter.”
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Re: Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by ademega(m): 5:24am On Nov 25, 2015 |
nija police and crime are just like breast and nipple ;Dnija police and crime are just like breast and nipple |
Re: Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by AngryNigerian(m): 5:41am On Nov 25, 2015 |
..& what a man can do, a female inspector can do beter |
Re: Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by AngryNigerian(m): 5:42am On Nov 25, 2015 |
..& what a man can do, a female inspector can do beter Ur dead coleague"s entitlements kai, dey need to b skinned alive!!! |
Re: Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by RoyalBoutique(m): 5:42am On Nov 25, 2015 |
ademega: Hahaha....english no be by force. You fo just say akpa amu |
Re: Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by ademega(m): 6:04am On Nov 25, 2015 |
RoyalBoutique:NA so my brother... |
Re: Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by freshness2020: 6:21am On Nov 25, 2015 |
Men with greed can never be contented. No atom of pity. Why they enjoy the ill gotten loots, the poor deceased families are going to bed hungry.. What a wicked generation. |
Re: Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by j4sure(m): 6:48am On Nov 25, 2015 |
Stealing by trick ooooooooooooooo Heazy2015: |
Re: Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by tafabaloo(m): 6:49am On Nov 25, 2015 |
Yee! This is pure wickedness |
Re: Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by jamace(m): 8:02am On Nov 25, 2015 |
This happens in every parastatal and departments in government offices by the finance department. That is why the finance officers build estates, buy cars and live in the most expensive mansions. The finance officers build hotels and shopping complexes and even filling stations. In fact, the finance department is the house of corruption in every organisation. Is it in pension offices? you will cry when you see what happens to pensioners money. Is it in government tertiary schools? The money are shared that is why despite govt efforts nothing to show as development infrastructures in schools. In fact, EFCC should visit finance departments of every govt outfit because that is the home of looting. |
Re: Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by ruffcoin99(m): 9:02am On Nov 25, 2015 |
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Re: Three Policemen Arrested For Collecting Dead Officers’ Claims by ijustdey: 4:42pm On Nov 25, 2015 |
cc lalasticlala let take it to permanent site |
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