From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has bowed to pressure over the quit notice issued by the management of Euphemie Hotel, Opu-Nembe in Nembe Bassambiri community of Nembe Local Government Area of the State with a direct order for the SWAT team to quit the hotel.
Egbetokun’s order was issued following the threat to drag him to court over the alleged unpaid debt of N625,000,000 incurred by the Police SWAT team deployed from 12th of August, 2023 to date.
The lodging debt, according to the management of the hotel was incurred by the Police Special Squad deployed for sting operations in the Opu Nembe community in the build-up to the 2023 governorship election.
The counsel to the owner of the Euphemie Motel, Inemoye Maxwell Brown confirmed to newsmen in Yenagoa that the Nigerian Police, “as a respectable and responsible establishment has gracefully implemented the prayer one as contained in the letter written to IGP within the time frame provided as the SWAT team has the hotel.
He however called on Egbetokun and the top echelon of the Nigerian Police to attend, with utmost dispatch to the second prayer in the petition requesting for the payment of the sum of N625,000,000 only covering the above period from 12th August, 2023 to 12th September, 2024 be paid within six weeks upon receipt of the correspondence.
