LATEST UPDATE: Police defend withdrawal of speaker’s security
Not with standing the outrage that greeted the withdrawal of the security details of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal on Thursday by the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, the police insist it acted lawfully and legally.
In fact, to the police, Tambuwal is no longer the Speaker of the House as it referred to him as former speaker, implying that the withdrawal was predicated on the legal stance that he abdicated his position for swapping parties this week. The police had cited Section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution to justify its action on grounds that as a member of the House elected into his position on the platform the PDP, he has lost the position for switching to another party when there is no division or split in the PDP.
The police in its defence of the action yesterday through a statement by the police said said that: “We had sought legal advice before taking the action as the force has the statutory responsibility to uphold the spirit and letters of the Constitution.
A high ranking police officer who gave the position of Nigeria Police on the issue wondered why some elements preferred the force to make a selective enforcement of the law while at the same time canvassing for a professional police for the country.
The police said: “Even members of the opposition hailed the acting Inspector General Suleiman Abba when he provided atmosphere for the immediate swearing in of acting Governor of Adamawa State, Mr. Bala James Ngilari following court ruling for Ahmadu Fintiri to vacate office even when the latter has given indication that he was going to appeal the verdict, the senior officer wondered at the double standards of Nigerian opposition figures.”
Police said people should not forget that the institution of Nigeria Police belongs to all Nigerians whether politician or not and therefore, its actions should be respected because it is working for the orderliness of the society no matter which party is in government.”
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Not with standing the outrage that greeted the withdrawal of the security details of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal on Thursday by the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, the police insist it acted lawfully and legally.
In fact, to the police, Tambuwal is no longer the Speaker of the House as it referred to him as former speaker, implying that the withdrawal was predicated on the legal stance that he abdicated his position for swapping parties this week. The police had cited Section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution to justify its action on grounds that as a member of the House elected into his position on the platform the PDP, he has lost the position for switching to another party when there is no division or split in the PDP.
The police in its defence of the action yesterday through a statement by the police said said that: “We had sought legal advice before taking the action as the force has the statutory responsibility to uphold the spirit and letters of the Constitution.
A high ranking police officer who gave the position of Nigeria Police on the issue wondered why some elements preferred the force to make a selective enforcement of the law while at the same time canvassing for a professional police for the country.
The police said: “Even members of the opposition hailed the acting Inspector General Suleiman Abba when he provided atmosphere for the immediate swearing in of acting Governor of Adamawa State, Mr. Bala James Ngilari following court ruling for Ahmadu Fintiri to vacate office even when the latter has given indication that he was going to appeal the verdict, the senior officer wondered at the double standards of Nigerian opposition figures.”
Police said people should not forget that the institution of Nigeria Police belongs to all Nigerians whether politician or not and therefore, its actions should be respected because it is working for the orderliness of the society no matter which party is in government.”
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