Deputy Inspector-General Of Police, Johnson Kokumo In Alleged Age Falsification Scandal
Multiple sources told SaharaReporters that the highly-rated police detective graduated 40 years ago from the University of Maiduguri, Borno State.
The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, is currently enmeshed in a scandal over alleged falsification of age, SaharaReporters has gathered.
Multiple sources told SaharaReporters that the highly-rated police detective graduated 40 years ago from the University of Maiduguri, Borno State.
He was said to be over 24 years when he graduated from the university in 1982 as he gained admission in 1979 with A levels, which is direct entry.
Some of Kokumo’s colleagues at the University of Maiduguri said none of them was less than 23 when they graduated 40 years ago and wondered why the senior police officer was still in service.
Section 18(8) of the new Police Act signed by the President Muhammadu Buhari stipulates the retirement age for a police officer to be 60 years of age or 35 years of public service, whichever is earlier.
“How the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in-charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, hasn’t retired from the Nigeria Police Force on the ground of age, still baffles many,” a source said.
