Inspector- General of
Police, Mohammed Abubakar has dismissed as unfounded the allegation by
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State that the police was shielding the
killers of his private secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde.
The IG said on Friday that he would respond to the governor’s allegation at the appropriate time and in “due course.”
During the launching of a
new code of conduct for the Nigeria Police on Thursday, Oshiomhole had
accused the Deputy Inspector-General, Force CID, Peter Gana and other
investigating officers of bungling the investigation into Oyerinde’s
murder, adding that the police had a hand in the gruesome murder of his
former principal secretary.
Although Oshiomhole said
he was aggrieved over the shoddy handling of the case by the police, he
praised the State Security Service for arresting the actual suspects
that had committed the crime.
“IG, you know that I am
aggrieved; I am aggrieved over the murder of my Private Secretary and
the way in which it was trivialised. The DIG Force CID has a case to
answer. It is either he is guilty of conspiracy to murder or is guilty
of conspiracy to shield murderers or both. Whatever be the case, he
cannot continue to wear his police uniform. He must be dismissed,” the
governor had said.
But, when asked to
respond to Oshiomhole’s allegation and demand on Friday, Abubakar
dismissed the accusations as baseless and unfounded, adding that the
police would respond to the issues at the appropriate time.
“In the first place,
this case is in court and it may be subjudice if I comment on it. But we
are going to respond to that comment at the appropriate time because he
(Oshiomhole) made allegations that are unfounded,” the IG said.
After a meeting with
senior police officers on the new Police Code of Conduct, the IG said
the meeting was called to have a detailed assessment of the code, which
he said would form the basis of police operations and conduct while on
duty.
He directed the senior officers to
organise seminars for their subordinates from the divisional level to
the zonal level on the code, stressing that every officer must abide by
the code.
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shame on police,I kwn the DIG will not accept the fact dat the are not capable to handle crime case except to harrass and molest innocient citizens and collecting bribe"curse "money.
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