The All Progressives Congress has accused the police of engaging in a selective enforcement of its ban on political, socio-cultural and religious rallies at the nation’s airports.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party accused the police of bias.
The party said the police was wrong to have allowed hundreds of PDP supporters to throng the Bauchi Airport to welcome the its new chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, on February 1.
It said a video footage of the reception showed supporters besieging the airport and even surrounding the plane just like passengers would have surrounded a ‘Molue’ at a Lagos bus stop.
Armed policemen at the airport, it said, looked on as the ban, which was contained in a statement issued by force spokesman, Frank Mba, on November 6, was flouted by the PDP.
” If the police will allow the PDP to get away with such lawlessness, can the same police sanction any other party or individual who breaches its order banning rallies at airports?” it queried.
The party said the double standard being exhibited by the police is the reason many Nigerians are saying the Nigeria Police Force has turned itself to the enforcement arm of the PDP.
The APC statement read in part, ”This does not augur well for the image of the police and it sends a wrong signal about whether the police can be neutral and professional before, during and after the 2015 elections.
”The police ridicules itself and wears down its own authority when it panders to the PDP, whereas the force is being maintained by the tax payers, whether or not they belong to the ruling party.
”We are therefore waiting for the police to either appropriately sanction the PDP for contravening its orders or immediately lift the ban on rallies at the airports.
“Failure to act will show the police as a partisan and unprofessional force that cannot be relied upon to adequately provide security and help ensure a level playing field for all parties in the forthcoming general elections.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Lair mohammed what are you guys scared off. muazu is not contesting elections. Abi its because the tide has turned in favour of pdp? abeg find something better to talk about we are tired of your whining and nagging.
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