The lawmaker representing Abia
South, Enyinnaya Abaribe, Wednesday accused the Police Headquarters, Abuja of
engaging in cover-up in its findings over the report of the attempted
assassination on the lives of the deputy senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, wife
and son.
He alleged that the police
carried out a hasty and docile investigation.
The upper chamber had earlier
asked that a thorough investigation be carried out.
This development followed an
adopted order 42 raised by the lawmaker.
The lawmaker in his explanation
wondered why the police could be involved in such an alleged docile investigation.
In his words, “The deputy Senate
president apprised this Senate with an alleged assassination attempt just as
Nigerians were grappling with the implications of such an incident to happen to
a person that represents Nigeria at the topmost level.
“The police last night came out
to report in which it said that it was not an assassination attempt after a
preliminary investigation of a few hours and now stated that it was a mere
burglary.
“We have all noted and we know
that these days are very ominous days for politicians in Nigeria.
“These days are very difficult
for most of us especially for those who are politically exposed. For the police
to quickly without even interviewing the person for whom this incident happened
to. That is the deputy Senate president, wife and son and came out that it has
already determined it to be a burglary.
“This actually boggles the mind.
This is because what it tells us is that anything can happen to each and every
one of us and, police will immediately come out to say Oh! this is what
happened.
“But we know that in this
country, Bola Ige was killed in his home. We know and also is a fact that the
former gubernatorial candidate for PDP in Lagos state, Folunsho Williams was
also killed in his home. And the investigation is still going on till today.
“For the police to quickly and
willy-nilly dismiss this home invasion that could have led to a fatality and,
say Oh! it was just a burglary. And what was their proof- because somebody else
was burgled around the area. And nobody knows how they came with such a
conclusion.
“So I would like this Senate not
just to dismiss this matter but to ask for a thorough investigation to be
carried because I know if we want to do investigation, we will do it.
“I know that in this country, an
Army General that was killed, they investigated until they found his remains
and where he was buried. That means that if we insist on doing the right thing,
we will do it.
“So, our fear today is why is the
police engaging in a cover-up. Why is the police continually at any time that
it concerns people that do not have presidential oversight or presidential
cover, they quickly come out and have a report very very ready.
“We must go beyond this mere
surface dressing and, look into this matter”.
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