Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general
of police, has asked the senate to stay off appointment of police chiefs in the
country.
Idris demanded that the lawmakers
expunge provisions of a new bill that requires senate confirmation of an IGP’s
appointments.
The police chief made the
submission on Wednesday during a public hearing by the senate committee on
police affairs on the police reform bill.
The constitution currently
requires the president to appoint an IGP subject to the senate’s approval.
But the reform bill is seeking to
open the window for other police officers interested in the position to apply.
Its section 3 states: “Interested
persons (for the office of the IGP) shall make an open and formal application
to the police council; the Nigerian police council shall nominate three
applicants from among the pool of applicants using the stipulated criteria for
competences and qualification; the president shall appoint the
inspector-general of police from the recommended applicants subject to the
confirmation of the Senate.”
But addressing the lawmakers, the
IGP said such confirmation will “make the police less proficient.”
“The appointment of the
inspector-general of police by the president on the advice of the police
council without the senate confirmation is the desire of the police and should
be made to be in the bill,” he added.
CONTINUED RIVALRY OR DUE PROCESS?
The IGP’s demand comes months
after the senate declared him an enemy of Nigeria’s democracy.
After he failed to appear before
them on three occasions, the senate had said Idris was unfit to hold public
office.
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