The immediate past Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has warned his successor, Ibrahim Idris, not to engage in media propaganda against him.
Arase gave the warning against the backdrop of the accusation by Idris on Sunday that he took away 24 cars, including two exotic BMWs, while leaving office.
Arase, however, denied the allegations in a telephone interview with The Punch.
Arase said he did not go away with any police vehicle.
Arase advised Idris to squarely face security issues confronting the country rather than engaging in “media propaganda”.
He said: “What am I going to do with 24 cars?
“Do I want to open a car shop?
“This is a malicious accusation.
“There are ways of verifying issues rather than engaging in media propaganda.”
In a further statement on Monday, Arase, who is in the United Kingdom for the graduation of his grandson, said: “I suspect there must be a disconnect somewhere because every information needed by my successor are provided in my handover notes.
“I’m also not aware that any letter was written to me because if there was any dropped in my house, someone would have alerted me.
“It’s unfortunate that this matter is being made a media issue because my successor has my telephone number and could have called me for any clarification or even sent me a text message rather than addressing the media on an issue well documented in my handover notes.”
