The Integrity Youth Alliance has dismissed as false and misleading a recent report by Sahara Reporters alleging that the Head of the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit, CP Akin Fakorede, made clandestine moves to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in relation to the River Park Estate crisis in Abuja.
In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Danjuma Lamido, the group described the publication as “a deliberate attempt to malign the character of a senior officer of the Nigeria Police Force.”
The Alliance clarified that CP Fakorede never visited the CAC office in Abuja in a bid to influence the ongoing case, which is still under review by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). It further debunked claims that the senior officer tried to coerce the Registrar-General of CAC to overturn the AGF’s directive.
According to the statement, while the AGF has supervisory authority on legal matters, the Nigeria Police retains its constitutional mandate to investigate criminal allegations, and nothing in CP Fakorede’s actions constituted a breach of constitutional order.
The group also pointed out that the June 26, 2025, press conference, addressed jointly by CP Fakorede and the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, was neutral and in line with the Nigeria Police Force’s mandate. It stressed that neither officer took sides in the River Park Estate crisis and that the Inspector-General of Police did not contradict CP Fakorede’s position.
Describing the report of alleged infiltration of the CAC as “baseless and mischievous,” the Integrity Youth Alliance urged Sahara Reporters to desist from publishing stories capable of misleading the public and eroding confidence in security institutions.
