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Big lie, no vehicle was recovered from me, Arase says
The immediate past Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has denied that 19 vehicles were recovered from him.
Arase also raised an alarm that there are some forces out to tarnish him image.
It would be recalled that there had been media reports that 19 out of the 24 vehicles he was reported to have taken away upon retirement have been recovered from him.
The former IGP stated this in a statement he issued on Monday.
The statement reads: “It is embarrassing for me to wake up on Monday morning to be inundated with calls and messages on purported 19 vehicles recovered from me. I wish to reassure the general public that there was nothing like that.
“Like I said in July, I did not take any police vehicle with me outside what I am entitled to, and so, there couldn’t have been any vehicle recovered from me.
“If there was any such, those behind this campaign of calumny should please make the number plates of the vehicles public and where they were recovered from.
“Rather than dissipating so much energy on ‘Project Drag Arase Down’, I urge those behind this evil campaign to face their official responsibility for which much is expected from them by the nation.
“I have done my bit and my own records bear me witness. Let those daily frightened by the shadow of Arase learn to face reality and stop chasing shadows so that they are not hunted by same”, Arase said.
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews,…
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