2025 Budget Fracas: IGP Reveals Truth Behind National Assembly Encounter Details

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has addressed the incident during the presentation of the Nigeria Police Force’s 2025 budget to the Joint Committees on Police Affairs and Police Institutions at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja on January 16, 2025.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

The IGP described the disruption as unnecessary and avoidable, emphasizing that the document he presented had been shared with all committee members in advance.

In a statement issued on Friday by Force spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi, the IGP explained that two versions of the budget documents—a comprehensive version and an abridged version—were provided to the committee members. Both versions contained identical figures and facts, but the abridged version was simplified for easier comprehension.

At the start of the session, committee members unanimously agreed to a motion for the IGP to present the abridged version since they already had access to both versions. However, Senator Onyekachi Nwoebonyi (Ebonyi North), who arrived late, began referencing the comprehensive version during the IGP’s presentation of the abridged version.

Despite efforts by other committee members to explain the prior agreement and the alignment between the two documents, Senator Nwoebonyi refused to accept the clarification and abruptly exited the session.