In April 2004, as Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Administration), Sunday Ehindero was involved in an investigation of a case where human bodies and skulls were found at the Okija Shrine in Anambra State.
[1] In January 2005, Inspector General Tafa Balogun was forced to resign after it was revealed that he was under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
[2] In February 2006, Sunday Ehindero said the Force would send a bill to the National Assembly to amend police Act to remove gender bias.
[6] In December 2006, Sunday Ehindero said the police had bought 30 armoured vehicles to combat crime in Lagos, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states.
[9] On 9 April 2007, three weeks before newly elected President Umaru Yar'Adua was sworn in, Ehindero recommended promotion of the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Nuhu Ribadu from commissioner of police to assistant inspector general.
[10] In August 2008, questions on the subsequent demotion of Ribadu were challenged on the basis that the original promotion was "illegal, unconstitutional, null and void, and of no legal effect.
[12] In April 2008, the ICPC interrogated Ehindero on how money meant to buy arms and ammunition for the police allegedly ended up in his private accounts.
[15] On November 12, 2019, Ehindero and his co-defendants Kelvin Omoraw, and Samuel Odariko were cleared of the total N16.4 million corruption charges after the presiding judge, Justice Silvanus Oriji, determined that prosecution failed to prove the money they embezzled was diverted for their personal use.