The Police Service Commission (PSC) has elevated CSP Daniel Amah, who rejected a $200,000 bribe, to the rank of assistant commissioner of police (ACP).
In a statement on Friday, PSC spokesman Azuka Ogugua said the police officer was also awarded the sum of N1 million by the PSC as reward and encouragement for maintaining the integrity of the police.
Amah was also recently honoured with the 2022 Public Service Integrity Award by President Muhammadu Buhari, during the fourth national summit on diminishing corruption in the public sector.
PSC chairman Justice Clara Ogunbiyi, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, said Amah represents the integrity and good character of a deserving police officer.
“On 24th April 2022, a matter was reported to Amah that a suspect, one Mr. Ali Zaki, had convinced Bureau De Change Operators that he had $750,000 which he could sell to them at the rate of N430, so he could get the equivalent, which was N322,500,000,” said Ogunbiyi.
“After a bank staff confirmed the availability of the money at the bank to the victim, the transaction took place.
“However, the suspect arranged with armed robbers to track and rob the victim while the money was being transported.
“When the matter was reported to the Police Division in Kano State where SP Daniel Amah was the DPO (Divisional Police Officer), it commenced investigations.
“In the course of the investigation, they traced the principal suspect, Mr Zaki, who offered $200,000 to Amah to bury the case through a bank staff.
“The offer was rejected, the bank staff was promptly apprehended, and which also led to the arrest of the suspect. The $200,000 was recovered and registered as an exhibit.”
Amah, an indigene of Jos East, Plateau State, joined the Nigerian Police Force as a cadet inspector in 2002.
He is currently serving as the DPO of Bompai Police Station, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State.
