The Police Service Commission (PSC) has withdrawn the
appointment of Naja’atu Muhammad as one of the commissioners to oversee the
activities of the police during the general election.
Ikechukwu Ani, the PSC spokesperson, announced the
development in a statement on Monday.
On Sunday, Muhammad was listed as one of the PSC
commissioners to oversee the activities of the police in the north-west during
the general election.
But the APC presidential campaign council rejected the appointment.
The APC campaign council said the role given to Muhammad
requires her to be unbiased, adding she had made some “vitriol” comments
against Bola Tinubu, the party’s standard bearer.
In January, Muhammad, a former senatorial candidate, said
she resigned from the APC and quit partisan politics — but the party claimed
she was sacked and accused her of being a mole.
She, however, later endorsed Atiku Abubakar, the
presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In the statement on Monday, the PSC said Muhammad has been
replaced by Bawa Lawal, an assistant inspector-general of police.
“The commission wishes to state with all sense of
responsibility that its commissioners representing different geopolitical zones
have always supervised assignments of the commission in the geopolitical zones
they represent,” the statement reads.
“It was the same with the present national assignment.
“The commission has however decided to mandate assistant
inspector-general of police, Bawa Lawal rtd, who is from the same geopolitical
zone with commissioner Najatu to take over the coordination of the monitoring
of police conduct in the zone.
“The commission will
always be sensitive to the wishes of Nigerians and will continue to contribute
its quota to the sustenance of the nation’s democracy.
“It wishes to restate its commitment to a free and fair 2023
elections where the police as the lead agency in internal security which
includes election policing will discharge its duties according to the dictates
of the law.”
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