The New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has noted the denial by the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed 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, that the 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 agree with the IGP wholeheartedly on his stand and it is not our wish to accuse him of lying, we hereby challenge him to prove his sincerity by instituting a probe into the 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 Amah, who had the temerity to threaten to arrest the G7 governors if they did not stop the meeting, claimed he was acting on orders from a higher authority from the Villa. Who is that authority in the Villa? Nigerians surely deserve to know.
“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 support that both the G7 governors and other progressive Nigerians gave him upon his appointment as the nation’s number one cop,” the party said.
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