President Muhammadu Buhari has presented Daniel Amah with a Public Service Integrity Award for displaying exceptional courage and integrity in the discharge of his duties.
The Plateau indigene received the award by President Buhari in Abuja at the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the public sector with the theme, “Corruption and the Education Sector.
Amah, a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Bompai Kano, rejected $200, 000 bribe to sweep under the carpet a case involving Ali Zaki a bureau de change operator who connived with other criminally minded individuals to rob a Nigerian (name withheld) to the tune of $750,000.
Amah, who handled the case, rejected $200,000 bribe to kill the case and brought the suspect to book.
In his remarks, Buhari congratulated the awardee for his outstanding behaviour and used the medium to call on other Nigerians holding public offices to emulate the gesture, emphasising that “We need to kill corruption for Nigeria to move forward.”
In August, Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba in a letter of commendation to Amah noted that the professional attitude displayed by the DPO led to the arrest of the suspected armed robbery syndicate in Kano.
