Kanywood actress Amal Umar has been accused of offering a N250,000 bribe to a police officer who’s investigating her boyfriend, identified as Ramadan Inuwa, over alleged financial misappropriation to the tune of N40 million.
The actress has been arraigned before Magistrate Court No. 24 in Gyadi-Gyadi area of Kano metropolis, Leadership is reporting.
According to the report, she was accused of attempted bribery involving the said sum offered to a Police officer identified as ASP Salisu Bujama of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Zone 1 headquarters in Kano State.
According to the prosecutor, the alleged bribe was aimed at halting Police investigation into alleged financial misappropriation perpetrated by her boyfriend.
The saga unfolded when a complaint was filed by one Alhaji Yusuf Adamu through his lawyer, H.I. Dederi, to the Assistant Inspector General (AIG), Umar Mohd Sanda, on August 18, 2022, detailing how Ramadan Inuwa allegedly misappropriated a substantial amount of money, totalling N40million, in his cell phone business.
The petition led to a subsequent police investigation, which revealed that N13million was transferred to the Kannywood actress Amal Umar’s bank account by Inuwa.
According to the spokesperson for the Nigerian Police Force, Zone 1, Kano, CSP Bashir Muhammed, 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.
