The Senate, through its
spokesperson, Sabi Abdullahi has said the summoning of the Inspector General of
Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris was not because of the travails of one of its
senators, Dino Melaye.
He said this while briefing
journalists at the National Assembly on Wednesday.
Recall that earlier
on Wednesday, Mr Idris failed to honour the invitation to appear before the
Senate for the second time.
However, in his address to
journalists, Mr Abdullahi claimed the main concern of the Senate was the state
of insecurity in several parts of the country.
“Yes. He (IGP) was supposed to
appear today but he did not appear. This is democracy and democracy is all
about the people. In the course of all of this, there are many wrong
impressions that he was invited because of the incident with Senator Dino Melaye.
“This is part of the truth
because it is only one side of it and the major reason is the general state of
insecurity which seems not to abate, that the Senate is concerned about and
felt that he has a lot of information to put us through what he is doing.
“We are all victims of killings
one way or another. If you are not from Benue or other states affected, it’s
likely you have a relative or someone who’s from there,” he said.
He added that the Senate has
always risen up to speak on cases of insecurity in the country even as he
claimed ”the Senate wasn’t being sensational about it.”
“We organised a security summit.
They were all invited and he came. I want us to be dispassionate about this.
Let’s remove sensationalisation. We will not tolerate or condone things that go
against the promotion of democracy in the country,” he said.
When asked why the Senate
Committee on Judiciary failed to present its report on the impeachment of
President Muhammad Buhari, he said, “It means they’ve not finished their work.
They’re still working on it.”
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