The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, was adamant on Wednesday, refusing to recognise the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, as the speaker.
He simply addressed him as “Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal”, a title that angered members‎ of the House Committee on Police Affairs.
A resilient ‎Abba insisted that it would be “subjudice ” for him to address Tambuwal as speaker or any matter relating to him so long as such a matter was in court.
The Chairman of the committee, Mr. Usman Bello-Kurmo, asked him a direct question, “Is Aminu Waziri-Tambuwal the speaker of the House of Representatives or not?”
The IG replied, “Mr. Chairman, you know that matters before the courts are subjudice.
“Commenting on them is subjudice until they are disposed of.”
The response brought session between Abba and the committee to an abrupt end, as the two parties stormed out of the venue.
The committee, acting on a House resolution, had summoned Abba to explain why the police shut the gates of the National Assembly against lawmakers on Thursday last week.
During the closure, Tambuwal and many lawmakers were disallowed entry by the police, resulting in violent reactions by the members.
In the process, many of them scaled the gates to enter the premises and later forcibly took the speaker into the House.
Riot policemen reacted by throwing tear-gas at the speaker and the enraged members.
As the meeting was about to start, Bello-Kurmo called for maturity, saying that the interest of the country must prevail at all times.
However, speaking on what transpired last week, the IG justified the police’ action.
He maintained that all those the police restrained from entering the National Assembly were ‘thugs’.
Rather than admitting that his men threw tear-gas at lawmakers, he claimed that “a tear-gas exploded.”
Abba also told lawmakers to their faces that it was his men who suffered physical assault and not the lawmakers.
He said, “The police management and particularly my own person, I was traumatised by what I saw happened to police officers that day.
“What happened was unprecedented worldwide; policemen were physically beaten and disobeyed, among other things that happened.”
He claimed that the police shut the National Assembly for security reasons after the Force Headquarters received intelligence that Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and All Progressives Congress supporters were going to attack the legislature and other public offices on November 20.
According to him, a day earlier on the19th‎, the “leadership” of the APC, Amaechi and party members had blocked the Force Headquarters in Abuja, “where they made uncomplementary statements and threatened to do worse (things) in the days ahead.”
Among the places he claimed would have been attacked by the APC members and Amaechi were the Presidential Villa and the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
He added that his men merely asked for identification from lawmakers and allowed those who complied into the premises.
The IG stated that, bearing in mind that the parliament in Burkina Faso suffered a similar attack recently, he ordered the massive security beef-up to safeguard the National Assembly.
He added, “The procedure was orderly until the arrival of Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal and his men with quite a number of suspected thugs‎ to disrupt the security arrangements.
“Unfortunately, a tear-gas exploded at the gate; the situation is unfortunate and it is being investigated.”
He also claimed to have briefed the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms ‎to the National Assembly and “some members of staff of principal officers” on the police action a day earlier.
Abba was very careful throughout his speech, avoiding use the word “speaker” when referring to‎ Tambuwal.
Members were already boiling with anger over the IG’s attitude and could barely wait for him to round off before they berated him for “disrespecting” the speaker.
Two members, Hakeem Munir and Victor Nwokolo, asked him to retract his earlier comment and address Tambuwal with his official title, but Abba was unmoved.
With members threatening to walk out of the meeting if Abba would not recognise Tambuwal as the speaker, Bello-Kurmo called off the session abruptly.
The committee resolved that the discussions could no longer hold since the IG would not accord Tambuwal ‎his respects.
Lawmakers stormed out of the venue angrily, stopping Bello-Kurmo from shaking hands with Abba or making efforts to see him off to the door.

http://www.punchng.com/news/ig-refuses-to-recognise-tambuwal-as-speaker/

He's not the speaker simple make una no force am

Rotimi Ameachi again he suppose win Man of the Year of!

But the IG was right, Tambuwal is no longer a member of HOR let alone speaker.

Mogidi:
But the IG was right, Tambuwal is no longer a member of HOR let alone speaker.

absolutely

Until it is pronounced by the court of law, Tambuwal remains the Speaker of the House of Rep. Its as if an incumbent president lost election and His security detail got withdrawn even before transition. It sucks, injustice to one is injustice to all. Let the court decide if he is or he's not. This IGP is partisan and i maintain my stand on His partisanship.

THIS IG IS VERY BRILIANT.

Howmon:
Until it is pronounced by the court of law, Tambuwal remains the Speaker of the House of Rep. Its as if an incumbent president lost election and His security detail got withdrawn even before transition. It sucks, injustice to one is injustice to all. Let the court decide if he is or he's not. This IGP is partisan and i maintain my stand on His partisanship.

YOU REASON LIKE A HEAD USED FOR RITUAL. WHAT IF AMAECHI AN APC MEMBERS HAD PLANTED BOMB IN THE NAME OF ACCUSING PDP FOR DOING THAT?

Na by force

If the IG can tell this kinda lies when there is video evidence. ...imagine what what he would have said if there was no video....


His supposed to inform principal officers ..or inform their staff. ..where is the official correspondence. ...the staff should be sacked.


the IG should be sacked...if he wasn't biased he would have jokingly respected the speaker.


Useless country. ..

masterpower:
THIS IG IS VERY BRILIANT.

THIS IG IS VERY DUMB,DAFT like his boss,how can he attribute Ameachi's statement and events in Burkina Faso with what the police did at the Assembly?this man is a disgrace to the police force

masterpower:

YOU REASON LIKE A HEAD USED FOR RITUAL. WHAT IF AMAECHI AN APC MEMBERS HAD PLANTED BOMB IN THE NAME OF ACCUSING PDP FOR DOING THAT?

Shame!!! Do u think at all?

This is what happens when a subject chooses to fight his boss. Never fight ur boss,one good lesson Mr Tambuwal should learn.

masterpower:

YOU REASON LIKE A HEAD USED FOR RITUAL. WHAT IF AMAECHI AN APC MEMBERS HAD PLANTED BOMB IN THE NAME OF ACCUSING PDP FOR DOING THAT?

Guess you're the one thinking like a goat. So your demented judgement is based on "what if"

As an e-tout you should apply a little initiative on issues of national discourse. I dignified ur *ss enuf by giving you a response. Quote me one more time and the affairs of your life will be equivalent to the current fresh air of GEJ.

the police did the right thing...the guy is a NL after observing comments here,he tactically evade their jamb question to their dismay