Solomon Arase said; "I expect that former occupants of the office of Inspector-General of Police should not be demeaned. This explains why Force Order 295 was emplaced by the
Force Management under my leadership as acknowledged in your letter in reference. "Inspite of the emplacement of this order and despite the fact that my two immediate predecessors left office with 13 and 9 vehicles of different makes and models respectively, I neither pressurised either of them to return any of such vehicles neither bring them to ridicule as been done to me of late I dedicated my life to serving up to the highest level. "Rather, it is on record that I went the extra mile to source for funds and initiated actions towards purchasing a brand new bulletproof jeep for my immediate predecessor, even after his retirement from service . This was done not notwithstanding the fact that I inherited and had to manage a huge debt profile of about N28bn, which limited the financial base of the Force at the time."
Among the 13 Vehicles, which Arase said Abubakar took away were a BMW (7 series) bulletproof cars; and a two Toyota Land Cruiser v8 bulletproof jeep and a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Jeep along with 7 other vehicles.
Arase said God had blessed him so much and he was contended to the point that he would willingly surrender "all my vehicular entitlements even as contained in the Revised Force Order 295 in the overriding interest of the Force and in the sustenance of the legacy of comradeship between an incumbent IGP and his predecessor." He said he decided to delay in returning of the vehicles, which Idris alleged he took away, as a form of protect against the "unfair" untidy and demeaning approach the matter was handled until now." Arase, however, said, he harboured no animosity towards Idris and encouraged him to feel free to approach him for advice, just as his predecessors did to him .
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