The Inspector General of Police, Abba Sulaiman may
have given orders for the arrest of
Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Aminu
Waziri Tambuwal, Daily Trust has
learnt.
Sources told Daily Trust a similar order has been
handed down to the Department of State
Security (DSS.)
The orders were given following the fracas that broke
out at the National Assembly on
Thursday where members of the House of
Representatives were confronted by armed
security personnel who threw canisters of teargas at the
speaker and other lawmakers to
stop them from accessing the parliament building.
The speaker and some of his colleagues who supported
him beat the security cordon and
later held a brief plenary thereby stopping some
members in their tracks who had gathered
protected by scores of Police and DSS operatives to
initiate impeachment proceedings
against the leadership of the House.
Sources at the Police headquarters revealed that the
Police chief gave the order for
Tambuwal’s arrest after a meeting with Vice President
Namadi Sambo and the National
Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki.
“I can confirm to you that the order for his arrest has
been given today (Friday). The signal
from the IG’s office specifically directed the FCT and
Sokoto State commissioners of Police
to serve Tambuwal with notice of invitation to the force
headquarters and if he resists, he
should be arrested immediately, “the source revealed.
“The involvement of Sokoto CP was because the
Speaker was sighted in Sokoto on Friday
where he picked the All Progressive Congress (APC)
governorship form for the coming
elections. It was assumed that he was out of Abuja as
such other police divisions were
involved in the matter.”
Sources at the meeting in Villa indicate that both the
Vice President and the NSA chastised
the Police boss for the failure of his men to prevent
Speaker from entering the national
assembly premises.
“The NSA was particularly angry and told the IG in clear
terms that he doesn’t know his job.
He said how did the Speaker and the members break a
cordon organised by the FCT Police
commissioner. The NSA then made it clear that the
Police authorities must rectify the
anomalies or they will face the consequences. The IG
then said Tambuwal will be arrested
for questioning.”

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