Officer sacked after defying transfer order

Corporal Buba Adamu has been fired by the Nigeria Police Force for disobeying orders to report to his newly assigned post in Kaduna State.

SP Irene Ugbo, the Cross River Police Command’s spokesperson, disclosed this in Calabar, the state’s capital city.

According to sources, Corporal Adamu was reassigned from the Cross River Police Command to the Kaduna Command nine years ago, but he neglected to report to his new duty station, defying the official transfer order.

The corporal was also said to have promoted himself to the rank of Superintendent and operated illegal activities in Calabar until he was caught and arrested.

Adamu was exposed by some concerned members of the Nasarawa community, a Hausa-Fulani settlement in Calabar municipality that had reportedly suffered from his illegal activities.

The community leaders were said to have raised the alarm when they learnt that the police command was under pressure to release Adamu following his arrest.

According to Ugbo, Adamu had operated as a “mobile police officer” without any supervision or reporting to a specific police command since 2015, when the transfer was made.

The spokesperson further stated that the dismissed corporal was accused of drawing his salary payments despite failing to report for duty at his assigned post.

She said, “As of today, Corporal Adamu is no longer a policeman because he has been relieved of his duties.

“Every item of property belonging to the Nigeria Police in his possession, including uniforms, identification cards and others, has been retrieved.

“The matter has now been charged in court. It is left to the judiciary. The court will take it up from where we stopped, as we have done the needful.”