Police arraign popular Kano actress, Amal, for alleged bribery of policeman

The Kano State Police Command has arraigned a popular Kannywood actress, Amal Umar, before Magistrate Court No. 24 in the Gyadi-Gyadi area of the state.

The actor was accused of attempting to bribe a policeman.

The command alleged that the bribe was aimed at stopping a police investigation into alleged financial misappropriation perpetrated by the actress’s boyfriend, identified as Ramadan Inuwa.

The police prosecutor said the offence allegedly committed by the Kannywood actress violates Section 118 of the Penal Code, which prohibits the bribery of a police officer.

The alleged bribery attempt was prevented by the police, who arrested the actress with evidence of the alleged bribery, leading to her subsequent arraignment before the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

In the first information report, the actress was accused of attempted bribery involving the sum of N250,000 offered to a police officer identified as ASP Salisu Bujama of the Nigeria Police Force, Zone 1 headquarters in Kano State.

It was gathered that a complaint was filed by one Alhaji Yusuf Adamu through his lawyer, H.I. Dederi, to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Umar Mohammed Sanda, on August 18, 2022, detailing how Ramadan Inuwa allegedly N40 million, in his cell phone business.

The petition led to a subsequent police investigation, which revealed that N13 million was transferred to the Kannywood actress, Amal Umar’s bank account by Inuwa.

The spokesperson for the Nigerian Police Force, Zone 1, Kano, CSP Bashir Muhammed, said that the actress was consequently summoned for questioning and was thereafter granted bail, but was not allowed to leave in a car allegedly purchased by her boyfriend.

It was stated that the actress confessed that the money in her bank account belonged to her boyfriend, though she claimed that he only transferred N8 million to her.

Following her bail, Amal Umar sought legal redress by approaching the High Court of Kano State to halt further police investigations against her.

The court temporarily restrained the police from pursuing the investigation against the actress, a development that allegedly provided an opportunity for Amal to attempt to bribe the police investigator, ASP Salisu Bujama.