Police To Sanction Atiku Wife’s Orderly For Carrying Her Bag At Event

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has vowed to punish the policeman who carried Titi Abubakar’s handbag at an event in Abuja recently. Titi is the wife of Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for president of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

In response to a Twitter user who expressed concerns about the policewoman seen carrying Mrs. Abubakar’s handbag while she was giving a speech at the event in Abuja on Wednesday, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Police Public Relations Officer, made the vow in a tweet on Thursday.

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has vowed to punish the policeman who carried Titi Abubakar’s handbag at an event in Abuja recently. Titi is the wife of Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for president of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

In response to a Twitter user who expressed concerns about the policewoman seen carrying Mrs. Abubakar’s handbag while she was giving a speech at the event in Abuja on Wednesday, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Police Public Relations Officer, made the vow in a tweet on Thursday.

Mrs. Abubakar had apparently handed her handbag to the police orderly while delivering her address at the unveiling of the SHE Campaign, which she organized to rally the support of the women folk for her husband’s 2023 presidential bid.

The picture of the police orderly carrying her bag trended on social media after it was shared by a Twitter user, Ifeoma, @Fifi_Ify, who expressed reservations about the officer “being turned into a maid.”

She had noted, “When a private citizen can turn our uniformed force member into her maid, why won’t the police forget their primary duty and only dance to the tune of the elites?” @BenHundeyin: Is this how it’s supposed to be?

Responding to her tweet, Prince Adejobi said the police have commenced necessary action against the errant student and would also reach out to her principal, Mrs. Abubakar.

“This is not acceptable.” We have commenced necessary action on this. We will fish her out and get her across to the principal. The AIG Special Protection Unit has been contacted to assist us in getting the woman to police. “Gradually, we will sanitise the system,” he said.

“How can an orderly be carrying a bag for her madam? I am sure the madam will have a PA, and that is the PA’s job. It is an absurdity and this is condemned in its totality.”

This is not the first time a police officer carrying out the job of a personal assistant has raised eyebrows.

In March, Dr. Nimota Nihinlola Akanbi, chairman of the governing board of National Secondary School Education, stirred up similar controversy when her police orderly, Yahaya Abubakar, was captured in a video carrying a plate of food for her.

Abubakar was subsequently summoned by the police authorities, but Mrs. Akanbi later claimed that the plate of food was meant for the officer.