G7 Governors by its officers in Abuja, the Alhaji Abubakar Baraje-led
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded an immediate probe into
the act by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar.
The IGP had exonerated himself during his appearance before the House
of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs probing the disruption
of the November 3, 2013 meeting of the governors at the Kano State
Government Lodge, Asokoro.
According to Abubakar, "I want to state categorically that neither
myself nor any of my officers directed anybody to disrupt any meeting,
but the officer has a duty to account for his actions and activities
within his domain."
Reacting, on Tuesday, in a statement made available by its National
Publicity Secretary, Chukwuemeka Eze, in Abuja, the party said it
noted the denial by the police boss.
"While we may agreed with the IGP wholeheartedly on his stand and it
is not our wish to accuse the IGP of lying, we hereby challenge him to
prove his sincerity by instituting a probe into that shameful
incident. This is the only way to convince Nigerians that he had no
hand in the brazen attempt by the Divisional Police Officer of Asokoro
Division, CSP Nnanna Amah, to abruptly and illegally terminate a
legitimate gathering of seven of the country's Governors.
"CSP Nnanna Amah, who had the temerity to threaten to arrest the G7
Governors if they did not stop the meeting, claimed to be acting on
orders from a higher authority from the Villa. Who is that authority
in the Villa? Nigerians surely deserve to know.
"We hope that IGP Abubakar is not trying to hide behind a finger in
this instance. We are just thinking aloud because the IGP cannot claim
ignorance of the impunity being perpetrated in Rivers State by the
Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, who has continued to be retained
in that sensitive office despite requests for his transfer out of the
state by the Rivers State Government, the National Assembly and many
other eminent groups and individuals," it said.
The party asked if the IGP could no longer control people working under him.
"That is an unsettling thought in view of the grave implications for
the maintenance of peace and security in the country. We trust IGP
Abubakar's competence and integrity but we urge him to sit up and take
a stand on the side of truth and justice so as to avoid being seen as
a threat to our fledgling democracy. He should remember the type of
support that both the G7 Governors and other progressive Nigerians
gave him upon his appointment as the nation's number one cop and stop
any further acts of impunity by the police.
"This is the only way for him to redeem his flagging image and that of
the Nigeria Police Force. We sincerely wish him the best as we have
continued to pray for him to avoid some misguided politicians from
causing him to derail from the expectations of Nigerians," it
concluded.
source: Nigerian Telegraph
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