Francis Erhabor, the divisional police officer of Itam, Akwa
Ibom state police command, who allegedly rejected a total of N864 million bribe
in three years, is yet to resign as widely reported.
On Saturday, there were reports that Erhabor had resigned
from his job over “forces that stunted his chances of being promoted”.
The reports claimed that the officer, who is a chief
superintendent of police (CSP), resigned after witnessing a pattern that has
allegedly seen his subordinates repeatedly get promoted to become his superiors
while his rank remained the same.
TheCable, however, reports that Erhabor is yet to
resign, although he earlier embarked on a three-day break to ponder about
leaving the security outfit.
In January last year, the officer had received the 2019
Integrity Icon Award for “rejecting a N6 million weekly bribe to compromise the
security system” while he was a pipeline commander in Edo. This was despite his
allowance of N37,500.
He was honoured alongside four other nominees in Abuja in an
event organised by Accountability Lab in partnership with Luminate, MacArthur,
and Ford Foundation “to name and fame honest government officials.”
During his receipt of the Integrity Icon award, Erhabor had
said: “I almost compromised if not for the mercies of the Lord. The story that
is making frontline today that has brought me here was when I had just N800 in
my pocket.
“I was a pipeline commander in Edo state, where I had worked
for close to three to four years. My actual allowance was just N37,500 from the
government, which was not coming when due.
“And I had a few
persons who dangled N1.5million to me and they were to be giving me N6million
every week. And if I were to be there for 30 days, that is N24 million. I
eventually spent more than three years.
“Because of that decision I took before I entered the
force—because I had taken an oath that the day I compromise myself, ‘Lord just
embarrass me, show me on TV. Make me
stick to the N37,500 that was not forthcoming’.
“It didn’t go without persecution and agonism. Sometimes my
life was threatened. But I earned respect and trust; got confidence not only
from my colleagues but also from outside forces. The outcome has paid off.”
The officer had first joined the Nigerian Police Force (NPF)
as a cadet inspector in 1990.
He was said to have later volunteered as an instructor to
train the police mobile personnel at Limakara, Gwoza in Borno for over three
years.
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