NIGERIA/ELECTION - Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday charged the acting Inspector
General of Police (IGP), Adamu Mohammed, to immediately commence the
re-engineering of the Nigeria Police to restore professionalism and
adherence to rules of engagement in the Force.
The party berated the immediate past Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, for "a shameful and partisan tenure, which destroyed professionalism in the police and compromised the lives and security of Nigerians," adding that he must be held accountable for all the atrocities he committed while in office.
"Ibrahim Idris will be remembered as the only IGP in
our political history, who surrendered the responsibilities of his
exalted office to the whims and caprices of politicians who share
courtesies with the Buhari Presidency.
"He defied the need to secure troubled areas and watched carelessly while an integral part of our nation was engulfed in bloody clashes.
"Idris will also be remembered as that Police Officer, who had a penchant for framing innocent Nigerians with ridiculous allegations. Throughout his inglorious tenure, he functioned as the commander of the militant wing of the APC, just to retain his office and remain in power," PDP said, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.
The party urged the new police boss to learn a lesson from the shameful end of Idris as IGP by "immediately setting up the process of re-orientating and insulating the Force from partisan politics, while subjecting it to the tenets of democracy and the rule of law."
PDP also urged the police chief to "avoid the pitfalls of the last IGP, who has gone down in history as the most corrupt, devious and reckless police officer to hold the post of the IGP in Nigeria."
The party advised the new police boss to "remove all templates of election rigging contained in the hand-over note" presented to him by the former IGP.
"The new IGP must also urgently take steps to address the bastardisation of promotion in the police under the last IGP, where officers due for promotion were denied and only those endorsed by a cabal or who have enough money to buy their way through were promoted. This is in addition to immediately setting up a process that guarantee proper welfare of officers and men of the Nigeria police.
"He must note that the whole world is watching him and we urge him not to fail the nation, which he owes his allegiance.
"Now that Idris Ibrahim has gone the way of leaders disgraced out of office, the PDP counsels all enemies of democracy, including President Buhari’s compromised relation in INEC, Mrs. Amina Zakari, to take heed of the disgrace and infamy that await them at the end of their tenures," PDP said.
Adamu hails from Lafia, Nasarawa State and has a Bachelor of Science in Geography. He enlisted into the Force on February 1, 1986 as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
A versatile and seasoned police officer and a professional per excellence, Adamu attended several Senior Officer Courses on Law Enforcement, Crime Prevention, Control and Management within and outside Nigeria.
Before his appointment as the Acting Inspector General of Police, he was a Directing Staff at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru in Jos, Plateau State. He was Commissioner of Police in Ekiti and Enugu States and also Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5 Police Command Headquarters, Benin, Edo states.
The party berated the immediate past Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, for "a shameful and partisan tenure, which destroyed professionalism in the police and compromised the lives and security of Nigerians," adding that he must be held accountable for all the atrocities he committed while in office.
"Ibrahim Idris will be remembered as the only IGP in
our political history, who surrendered the responsibilities of his
exalted office to the whims and caprices of politicians who share
courtesies with the Buhari Presidency."He defied the need to secure troubled areas and watched carelessly while an integral part of our nation was engulfed in bloody clashes.
"Idris will also be remembered as that Police Officer, who had a penchant for framing innocent Nigerians with ridiculous allegations. Throughout his inglorious tenure, he functioned as the commander of the militant wing of the APC, just to retain his office and remain in power," PDP said, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.
The party urged the new police boss to learn a lesson from the shameful end of Idris as IGP by "immediately setting up the process of re-orientating and insulating the Force from partisan politics, while subjecting it to the tenets of democracy and the rule of law."
PDP also urged the police chief to "avoid the pitfalls of the last IGP, who has gone down in history as the most corrupt, devious and reckless police officer to hold the post of the IGP in Nigeria."
The party advised the new police boss to "remove all templates of election rigging contained in the hand-over note" presented to him by the former IGP.
"The new IGP must also urgently take steps to address the bastardisation of promotion in the police under the last IGP, where officers due for promotion were denied and only those endorsed by a cabal or who have enough money to buy their way through were promoted. This is in addition to immediately setting up a process that guarantee proper welfare of officers and men of the Nigeria police.
"He must note that the whole world is watching him and we urge him not to fail the nation, which he owes his allegiance.
"Now that Idris Ibrahim has gone the way of leaders disgraced out of office, the PDP counsels all enemies of democracy, including President Buhari’s compromised relation in INEC, Mrs. Amina Zakari, to take heed of the disgrace and infamy that await them at the end of their tenures," PDP said.
Adamu hails from Lafia, Nasarawa State and has a Bachelor of Science in Geography. He enlisted into the Force on February 1, 1986 as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
A versatile and seasoned police officer and a professional per excellence, Adamu attended several Senior Officer Courses on Law Enforcement, Crime Prevention, Control and Management within and outside Nigeria.
Before his appointment as the Acting Inspector General of Police, he was a Directing Staff at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru in Jos, Plateau State. He was Commissioner of Police in Ekiti and Enugu States and also Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5 Police Command Headquarters, Benin, Edo states.
No comments:
Post a Comment