The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the<\/p>\n
Inspector-General of Police Suleiman Abba for daring to say he does not
\nrecognize Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal as the Speaker of the House of
\nRepresentatives, and for weaving a web of lies to cover up the real
\nreasons the police invaded the National Assembly.
\nIn a statement in Osogbo, Thursday, by its National Publicity Secretary,
\nAlhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said by refusing to recognize a Speaker who
\nwas duly elected by 360 members of the House of Representatives, and a
\nSpeaker who has neither been impeached by those who elected him nor
\nremoved by the Court, the police boss has thumbed his nose at the
\nConstitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
\n\u201dAs the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Tambuwal is the symbol of authority of the House
\nand our country\u2019s number four citizen. By saying he does not recognize him
\nas the Speaker, the IG has also indicated he does not recognize the entire
\nHouse of Representatives. For a man who was not elected by anybody to make
\nthis impertinent assertion about elected representatives of the people is
\ntantamount to treason. Mr. Abba has shunned all pretenses to neutrality,
\nprofessionalism and decency and he is no longer fit to occupy the
\nimportant office of the IG,\u201d it said.
\nAPC wondered at what stage the IG realized the issue involving the Speaker
\nwas sub judice, especially after he constituted himself into a court of
\nlaw, which is the only body that is constitutionally empowered to make any
\npronouncement on the fate of the Speaker, and unilaterally withdrew the
\nSpeaker\u2019s security detail.
\nThe party said Nigerians are very much aware that Mr. Abba, by himself,
\ncould not have acted the way and manner he has done, adding: \u201dBut the
\ntruth is that he is dancing to a drum of perfidy being beaten by his
\nmasters at the Aso Rock Villa. In the process, he has acted in
\ncontravention of his oath of office\u201d.
\nIt said even though Nigerians are aware that the IG acted at the behest of
\nhis masters in trying to unlawfully remove a duly-elected Speaker of the
\nHouse of Representatives, he still went ahead to engage in cheap lies by
\nsaying he barred the Speaker and other members of the House from entering
\nthe National Assembly because Gov. Amaechi and the APC were planning to
\ninvade the Assembly as well as the Aso Rock and the Police Headquarters.
\n\u201dShortly after the incident, Police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu said the
\npolice acted the way it did because it got intelligence report that
\n\u201dhoodlums and thugs\u201d were coming to invade the House. Now, the police boss
\nsaid it was because Gov. Amaechi and the APC were coming to invade the
\nHouse. This is a most shameful lie from the highest police officer in the
\nland, and it is a terrible dent on the image of the police under Mr. Abba.
\n\u201dOne wonders why the police was so concerned about the security of the
\nNational Assembly that it engaged in selective granting of passage to the
\nprincipal officers of the Assembly. The Senate President was allowed to
\nenter without qualms, just like the Deputy Speaker of the House of
\nRepresentatives. But when the Speaker came, he was locked out. That speaks
\nvolumes about the intention of the police,\u201d APC said.
\nThe party commended the individuals and groups that have strongly
\ncondemned the police action, but reminded them that there is still much
\nwork to be done to prevent the President, acting with a spineless,
\nhighly-partisan and increasingly unprofessional police and other security
\nagencies, from crashing the country\u2019s hard-earned democracy on the altar
\nof inordinate political ambition.
\nIt wondered how a man who can lie so shamefacedly to cover up an egregious
\nact will preside over the provision of security for the 2015 elections.
\n\u201dMr. Abba is presiding over perhaps the most-partisan police force ever in
\nthe history of our nation. He has thrown professionalism, neutrality and
\nfairness to the wind and made the police a willing tool in the hands of a
\nfrenzied executive. He cannot be trusted to ensure a level playing field
\nfor all parties at the next general elections, hence he should be removed
\nimmediately,\u201d APC said.<\/p>\n
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