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The Enugu State Police Command has launched an immediate investigation into reports that female officers were forced to contribute between N5,000 and N10,000 each for the upcoming 70th Nigerian Women Police anniversary, after denouncing the allegations as “false, baseless, and without any iota of truth.”
In a press statement issued on November 23, 2025, the Command, through its Public Relations Officer SP Daniel Ndukwe, said it never directed any female police officer to pay for the event, whether junior or senior, and that the purported instruction did not come from any official source within the command.
The statement added that standard procedures for issuing orders in the Nigeria Police Force were not followed and pointed out that the WhatsApp notice, through which the demand circulated, lacked the proper format or platform to be genuine.
The statement quoted the Commissioner of Police Mamman Bitrus Giwa as ordering the State Intelligence Department (SID) to conduct “a thorough investigation” into who designed and spread the message.
He also urged any officer who may have made such payment to come forward and cooperate.
On Sunday, November 23, SaharaReporters published an exclusive report that senior female officers in Enugu circulated a “memo” via WhatsApp demanding payment for branded T-shirts and entertainment for the December 4 anniversary celebration.
According to the report, officers in the Inspector, Rank and File cadre were asked to pay N5,000, while more senior officers were asked to pay N10,000 or more.
The report further noted that payments were to be made into a private First Bank account belonging to a woman named Theresa Eneh Chioma, rather than a formal police fund.
Several sources quoted by SaharaReporters said the contribution, though worded as voluntary, was being enforced. Officers who allegedly refused to pay faced threats of punitive transfers to remote or difficult postings like Uzo-Uwani.
The report sparked widespread concern, particularly over the lack of transparency and whether such levies should be collected at all within a government security agency.
Some officers who spoke to SaharaReporters questioned why they were being forced to fund what they believed should be an officially funded event.
This latest incident comes amid broader scrutiny of the Enugu State Police Command. Earlier in 2025, the Police Service Commission (PSC) launched a probe into allegations that the Enugu anti-kidnapping squad extorted N62 million from a businessman.
Human rights organisations have been vocal about the need for accountability. For instance, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has repeatedly demanded investigations into alleged extortion and abuse by police officers in Enugu.