By Suleiman Anyalewechi
A serving Police Constable attached to the Borno State Police Command, Muhammad Alhaji Mohammad, has voluntarily returned the sum of over N2.6 million erroneously credited into his bank account in Maiduguri.
The Police personnel who received the sum last Thursday, presently works with the Insurance Office of the Borno state Police Command.
Constable Mohammad said he was all the more goaded into returning the money by not only his personal conviction, but by his unflinching commitment and desire to correct the negative perception of the police in the country.
According to reports, Muhammad was credited with the said sum in his United Bank For Africa account by a Moniepoint customer.
He however, swiftly took all necessary steps for the money to be returned to its rightful owner.
The Borno State Police Command spokesperson, SP Nahum Daso, while confirming the commendable development, informed that the State Police Commissioner, CP Naziru Abdulmajid, has invited Constable Muhammad over for an interactive session.
Daso said Muhammad was shocked when he received the credit alert for the sum on Thursday.
Expectedly, not a few have been commending the Constable for what they described as a rare display of honesty and integrity by an officer of the Nigeria police.
Yet, some others said no big deal; that he had no choice because the money would still have been traced to his account; and that it would have been a serious criminal offence if he had not voluntarily returned it, especially, being a law enforcement officer.
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