Some policemen have lambasted the Nigeria Police Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, for attacking SaharaReporters over its stories revealing massive corruption in the security agency. Some of the personnel had recently cried out that their monthly salaries were being deducted by the authorities without explanations. They also expressed their displeasure over the failure of the police leadership to pay up the six months’ arrears of the new salary structure approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for the force since 2021.
Okolie was illegally detained and held in a cell by the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team unit of the Nigeria Police Force for more than 150 days on allegations of spying for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).