Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police (IGP), has
redeployed Mohammed Barde, the commissioner of police in Imo, ahead of the
governorship election in the state.
The Labour Party (LP) and several civil society
organisations (CSOs) had called for the removal of the commissioner over an
assault on Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
On November 1, Ajaero was reportedly picked up from the Imo
council secretariat of the NLC in Owerri by heavily armed police officers. He
was said to have been beaten and blindfolded immediately after he was arrested
by security operatives.
However, the Imo police command denied that the NLC boss was
arrested and brutalised by its officers, saying the police rescued Ajaero from
a mob and he was taken into protective custody.
Speaking in a townhall meeting on election security, on
Sunday, the IGP said Barde will be removed as commissioner for the period of
the election for the sake of neutrality.
“I am aware that there have been allegations on social media
against the Commissioner of Police in Imo State; but for this election, we are
changing the commissioner of police in Imo,” the IGP said.
“The fact that we are changing him may not be because he has
been found guilty of those allegations but for neutrality sake, we are changing
him for this election.”
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