The Executive Order, Christened “Hafiz Law,” according to Governor Ayade, provides that “Anybody who whistle blows on an armed robber or a kidnapper and by intelligence or investigation that armed robber or kidnapper is found to be true, that person is entitled to N1 million.”
The governor, who spoke at the Executive Council Chambers in Calabar, during a courtesy call on him by the newly posted Commissioner of Police to the state, Hafiz Inuwa, noted that “from today, there is a whistle blowing law in Cross River State that guarantees you N1 million when you discover an armed robber, somebody who is in illegal possession of firearms, or somebody you know is a kidnapper or harbouring a kidnapped victim or offer any information leading to the arrest of an armed robber or kidnapper.”
Frowning at a situation where people arrested on issues relating to armed robbery or kidnapping find their way back to streets without prosecution, Ayade said: “We will give you the financial support to continue to feed them until the law takes its full course.”
Reasoning that the Police have the capacity and intelligence to determine when one is falsely accused so that the innocent does not unnecessarily get trapped, the governor intimated that “anybody caught in the act or there is sufficient evidence that corroborates that action, that he is involved in any armed robbery and kidnapping, it is our responsibility as public servants who are in charge of the security of this state to ensure that such dangerous people do not get back to the society, unless the law finds them innocent.”
Earlier, Inuwa, disclosed that he was ready to work with anybody who is willing to assist the Police in ensuring that the state remains peaceful.
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