‘Abba Heads Most Partisan Police In History’ …Senator Urges NASS To Prosecute IGP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has  condemned the Inspector-General of Police Suleiman Abba for daring to say he does not recognize Rt. Hon. AminuTambuwal as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and for weaving a web of lies to cover up the real reasons the police invaded the National Assembly.
In a statement in Osogbo, yesterday its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said by refusing to recognize a Speaker who was duly elected by 360 members of the House of Representatives, and a Speaker who has neither been impeached by those who elected him nor removed by the Court, the police boss has thumbed his nose at the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
APC wondered at what stage the IG realized the issue involving the Speaker was sub judice, especially after he constituted himself into a court of law, which is the only body that is constitutionally empowered to make any pronouncement on the fate of the Speaker, and unilaterally withdrew the Speaker’s security detail.
The party said Nigerians are very much aware that Mr. Abba, by himself, could not have acted the way and manner he has done, adding: ”the truth is that he is dancing to a drum of perfidy being beaten by his masters at the Aso Rock Villa. In the process, he has acted in contravention of his oath of office”.
It said even though Nigerians are aware that the IG acted at the behest of his masters in trying to unlawfully remove a duly-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, he still went ahead to engage in cheap lies by saying he barred the Speaker and other members of the House from entering the National Assembly because Gov. Amaechi and the APC were planning to invade the Assembly as well as the Aso Rock and the Police Headquarters.
The party commended the individuals and groups that have strongly condemned the police action, but reminded them that there is still much work to be done to prevent the President, acting with a spineless, highly-partisan and increasingly unprofessional police and other security agencies, from crashing the country’s hard-earned democracy on the altar of inordinate political ambition.
It wondered how a man who can lie so shamefacedly to cover up an egregious act will preside over the provision of security for the 2015 elections.
Meanwhile the Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Senator Kabiru Marafa, has urged the leadership of the National Assembly to drag the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Suleiman Abba, to court over the role he played in the November 20 police invasion of the National Assembly complex.
The Senate yesterday instituted a seven-member panel, chaired by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, to probe Abba and to look into the pandemonium which overtook the parliament building on that day as a result of the invasion of the complex by security operatives. The Senate investigative panel will be submitting its report by next Tuesday.
This notwithstanding, Marafa, who represents Zamfara Central on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Senate, told journalists in Abuja yesterday, that the Senate probe may not adequately address the gravity of the offence committed against the legislature by the police authorities.
According to him, the action of the police breached CAP L.12, section 16 of the constitution (which spells out punishment and fine for obstructing members or officers and creating disturbances, etc), adding that the matter should have been taken to court.
He argued that since members of the Senate who are members of the probe panel were also assaulted by the police on the day the fracas took place, they should not investigate the case in which they are interested parties.
While appreciating the Senate President for finding a space in his large heart to forgive the lawmaker who physically assaulted him during the melee, Marafa commended him and Speaker Aminu Tambuwal for their “maturity and management of the unfortunate incident.”