Police officer arrested for insulting Buhari, Osinbajo and IGP

A policeman who insulted President Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu on Facebook has been arrested. The officer identified as Sunday Japhet is attached to the Yobe State Police command.

Sunday Japhet alleged that the country is being led by evil men in his August 9 Facebook post. He also announced that Police Officers will be holding a protest over their salaries which has been kept in a joint account by some unmentioned people to generate bank interests.

Japheth wrote;

“This is Nigeria, with a president who want to fight corruption and tackle insecurities, with the vice who claimed to be a man of God without truth, with many elected senators, with IGP that we think things will change, its a pity for them, those that lead this country, I pray that this demonstration that is going to happen on 14 /8 in Maiduguri, Yobe, Adamawa and other places that mobile police on special duty are going to hold for their allowances be the beginning of something in this great country led by evil men, we are inviting all the media to be there for us, this people call their self leaders are all aware that this money use to be in some people joint account to get interest,then after 3-4 month they pay, no one will say he don’t know what is happening that this money is not paid, God will come down himself to help Nigerian if really this is buhari handling this country this way,i better die for truth then to be, seeing nonsense”.

Sunmonu Adeyemi Abdulmaliki, Yobe State Commissioner of Police, however, confirmed his arrest on Wednesday, August 14. The Yobe CP said he has been transferred to Zone 12 HQ Bauchi.