The House of Representatives, on
Wednesday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Inspector General of
Police, Ibrahim Idris, on the ground of gross incompetence.
The House passed a vote of no
confidence on the IGP, asking Buhari to remove him and replace him with “a more
professional police officer”.
This was sequel to a motion
sponsored by Danburam Nuhu from Kano state, drawing the attention of the
lawmakers to the “complicity” of the Nigeria police in the high rate of
thuggery in Kano state.
Nuhu described as “unfortunate”
the rising cases of thuggery in the state, saying it is sponsored by some
politicians.
“In fact, the recent thuggery
experience in Kano was championed by q current high ranking member of the
hallow chamber.
“We must use all legislative
instruments available to this house to discourage it in the strongest terms and
curb thus barbaric act of terror,” Nuhu said while leading the debate on the
motion.
In the course of the
deliberations, some of the lawmakers faulted the police for its “failure” to
address the situation in Kano.
Nkem Abonta from Abia state said
it is, “very undemocratic” for the police who are supposed to be protecting the
citizens to now be the ones going against the law.
“The third force (which former
President Olusegun Obasanjo) was talking about could be the police force, going
by the way they are operating,” he added.
“Before now, we had a decent
society where there is respect for the constitution but now, everything has
changed.”
On his part, John Dyegh, from
Benue state, also faulted the police on the issue as well as their
“unwillingness” to tackle similar challenges in the country.
He said following the killings in
Benue state, intelligence reports had it that the alleged killers were camped
in a local government area in Nasarrawa state, “and a whole IGP claimed he was
ignorant of such.
“The intelligence reports from
security agencies across the country were clear that these killers were still
there. The IGP later went and said there was no such thing.
“It is obvious the IGP is
incapable of his job. So I am amending the prayers to be that the president
should replace the IGP with a more professional police officer,” he added.
The members, therefore, resolved
that the police boss was incompetent and should be sacked immediately by the
President.
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Idris is the worst IG in Nigerian policing history.
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