FG orders Ehindero to vacate IG’s residence

Efforts by former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Sunday Gabriel Ehindero to retain the official quarters of the IGP, which he bought while still in service, suffered a setback on Monday, when the Federal Government ordered him to pack out of the residence with immediate effect.

The house at the Maitama area of Abuja was reported to have been sold to Ehindero for about N120 million and the former police boss was said to have built additional structure with swimming pool inside the premises that reportedly has security gadgets worth over N20 million.

The first indication of trouble over the house came when the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mike Okiro told journalists during a press conference in Abuja that whenever he is ready to move into the quarters, Ehindero must pack out.
The controversial white mansion is on Katsina Ala Crescent, adjacent to the Kenyan High Commission in the Federal Capital Territory.

Daily Sun learnt that after he bought the house, Ehindero demolished a structure close to the access gate, which served as a camp for security details and built a chapel in its place.
The letter ordering Ehindero out of the house, said to have been signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, noted that the sale of the IGP quarters was irregular and unreasonable.

Meanwhile, Ehindero is still being investigated over a multi-million naira scam at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. And the investigators were said to have arrested an Assistant Commissioner of Police, identified as Jelili Ogundeyi, a pay officer who was accused of moving about N354 million for his boss. He was arrested in Lagos and kept in detention in Abuja.

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No wonder MAMJAMA has been missing for the past few days, I guess he's currently busy helping Ehindero pack up all his items out of the IG’s residence!

Mamajama is marooned water don carry him. defence lawyer is what will be his new name this time around

awwww and mamajama lost his new house!
What a pity.

Former Inspector-General of Police, Ehindero, accepts to leave IG’s quarters
x | June 27, 2007
The former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero has indicated that he is ready to move out of his residence.

The Federal Government had ordered him to vacate the building on 39, Katsina-Ala Crescent, Maitama, which had originally served as the official residence of successive Inspectors-General of Police, until it was bought by Ehindero when he was the Inspector-General.

He had said the residence is equipped with hi-tech security facilities that monitor activities at the Aso Rock and was no longer suited for a civilian because of the security implications.

Since it is believed that if any security crack is noticed at the seat of government, anyone who resides in the building becomes the first prime suspect, he allegedly claims.

He is reported to have begun negotiations with the government on compensation, probably with another house somewhere in Abuja.

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