Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Simon Asamber Lough was widely celebrated as having made history in December 2021 when he became the first police officer in Nigeria to be admitted to the Inner Bar as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). However, a document obtained by SaharaReporters shows that Lough was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on January 8, 1987, and should have retired from service on January 8, 2022, after 35 years of active service. This contradicts the claim made by the police that Lough was enlisted as a Cadet in 2000.