The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, has
declared that he’s in control of the police.
Adamu said he’s in control of the activities and modus
operandi of the police force.
The IGP made the declaration in response to an accusation by
a retired Army General, Garba Wahab that he’s not in control of the Force.
He stated this in a statement signed by the Spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, on Tuesday.
He insisted that the retired General spoke out of ignorance.
According to the statement: “The attention of the Nigeria
Police Force has been drawn to comments and reactions during an interview
session on Channels TV Sunrise Daily program of 13th November, 2020 where one
Major General Garba Wahab (rtd) commented that “…rather than improving the
improvement (sic) …the IGP is sitting down there with all the paraphernalia of
office deprived of actually having control of police… he is not in control”.
“The Force wishes to categorically state that the Rtd Major
General is wrong in his assertion as IGP Adamu is firmly in control of the
administration and operation of the Nigeria Police Force. It notes that the
comments by Rtd Major General Garba Wahab shows that he spoke purely out of
ignorance and from a jackboot mentality that lacks proper understanding of
democratic policing culture, rooted in the Rule of Law. It reiterates that the
retired Officer clearly spoke on a subject outside his areas of core
competence.
“It is noteworthy
that since his assumption of office as the 20th indigenous Inspector-General of
Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni, a global policing icon, has in the past
twenty-three months of his leadership of the Force, shown sterling qualities in
what the operational/administrative command and control of the Force should
be.”
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Was the SARs under his control as well? Or can the IGP identify at what point he lost control of the SARs?
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