New PDP demands probe into G& governors' meeting
The New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has noted
the denial by the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed D. Abubakar, who
during his appearance before the House of Representatives Committee on Police
Affairs probing the disruption of the November 3, 2013 Meeting of the G7
Governors at the Kano State Government Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, said that the
infamous order was not from him.
“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,” the
IGP had said.
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. Is the IGP trying to say that he can 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.
Long live NPDP!
Long live Nigeria!!!
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze
National Publicity
Secretary, NPDP
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