The All Progressives Congress, some Senior
Advocates of Nigeria including Olisa Agbakoba,
Yusuf Ali and Niyi Akintola, have called for the
removal of the Inspector General of Police, Mr.
Suleiman Abba, over his refusal to acknowledge
Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal as the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
The APC in a statement by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Abba had
shown that he was ‘partisan’ and would not be
able to ensure a free and fair election next year.
The statement partly read, “‘Abba is presiding
over perhaps the most-partisan police force ever
in the history of our nation. He has thrown
professionalism, neutrality and fairness to the
winds and made the police a willing tool in the
hands of a frenzied executive. He cannot be
trusted to ensure a level-playing field for all
parties at the next general elections, hence he
should be removed immediately.”
The APC said by refusing to recognise Tambuwal
who was duly elected by the 360 members of the
House of Representatives, the police boss had
“thumbed his nose at the Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The party added, “By refusing to recognise
Tambuwal as the Speaker, the IG has also
indicated he does not recognise the entire House
of Representatives. For a man who was not
elected by anybody to make this impertinent
assertion about elected representatives of the
people is tantamount to treason.
“Abba has shunned all pretences to neutrality,
professionalism and decency and he is no longer
fit to occupy the important office of the IG.”
The APC alleged that Abba was acting the script of
the Presidency in trying to unlawfully remove a
duly-elected Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
The APC said, “Shortly after the incident, the
Police spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, said the
police acted the way it did because it got
intelligence report that ‘’hoodlums and thugs’’
were coming to invade the House.
“Now, Abba said it was because Governor Rotimi
Amaechi of Rivers State and the APC were coming
to invade the House. This is a most shameful lie
from the highest police officer in the land, and it
is a terrible dent on the image of the police under
Abba.
“One wonders why the police were so concerned
about the security of the National Assembly that
it engaged in selective granting of passage to the
principal officers of the Assembly. The Senate
President was allowed to enter without qualms,
just like the Deputy Speaker of the House of
Representatives. But when the Speaker came, he
was locked out. That speaks volumes about the
intention of the police.”
In his own reaction, Akintola (SAN), said the IG
erred by saying that it was wrong to recognise
Tambuwal as the Speaker, on the excuse that the
matter was in court.
He said, “The IG cannot turn himself into a court
of justice to be interpreting the law. It is left for
the court to interpret it one way or the other; it is
not open to anybody. I think the attitude of the IG
calls for concerted effort of all Nigerians to put
him in check. The impunity and the derogatory
remarks of the IG, if allowed to go unchecked, he
will extend it to the President of the Senate, he
will extend it to the CJN and he will even extend it
to the Vice President.
“So to me, it is not even Tambuwal that is affected
and it is very unfortunate because I would have
expected that by now members of the National
Assembly should have relieved him of that
position. The IG is simply not mature enough to
lead an organisation like the Police. All Nigerians
should rise up against the impunity of this man
called Abba.”
He added that the issue was not about Tambuwal
but about democracy.
“And I am of the opinion that members of the
National Assembly should rise up to the occasion
and the man should be sacked, anything short of
that, they should all go back to their respective
homes until the man resigns,” Akintola added.
Also, Yusuf Ali, (SAN), said though both the Nigeria
Police and the IG were supposed to be insulated
from politics, Abba had demonstrated beyond
any doubt that he was partisan.
“For whoever is the occupant of that office to be
partisan, it is dangerous for our democracy. And
that is part of the problems that we have in this
country, we don’t have institutions. We only have
government departments and loyalists, not to
Nigerians but to individuals in government.
“It is quite unfortunate that the number one
police officer in this country took it upon himself
to assume the position of the court of law that
pronounces the seat of the Speaker vacant and it
is even more disappointing and pathetic that he is
a lawyer, who is expected to know better.
“What happened yesterday was arrant
insubordination,” Ali said.
For Agbakoba, the IG was wrong because the
court had to pronounce the question of the
Speaker’s resignation and until the court makes
that pronouncement, clearly the Speaker would
be entitled to be addressed as the Speaker.
“The IG was also wrong to have caused the raid of
the National Assembly, so I think altogether, the
IG has been acting as if he is politically-motivated
and it is very dangerous. The IG was wrong to say
he could not recognise the Speaker because the
matter is in court.”
Also, the members of the Parliamentary Staff
Association of Nigeria, on Thursday insisted that
the action of the police was a clear invitation to
anarchy and that the continued denigration of the
legislature was dangerous being the most
important symbol of democracy.
The Acting National President of PASAN, Mr.
Mohammed Bala, who stated this at a news
conference in Abuja, therefore advocated a
constitutionally empowered Sergeant-At-Arms,
who would be solely responsible for the security
of the legislature.

http://www.punchng.com/news/tambuwal-agbakoba-other-sans-seek-ig-dismissal/

progressives indeed


yeye dey smell

I call for the dismissal of the arrogant man too.

braine:
I call for the dismissal of the arrogant man too.

exactly

A man who cannot recognize Tambuwal (who was duly elected) is very partisan and has no place as IG of the Federal Republic.

I wrote it here few days ago that if it requires sacrificing the Insepctor General....GEJ will do it to save his 2015 project from going up in flames...

Looking forward to the day when the police will get intelligence reports about the muted activities of bokoharam...

The IG will be the scape goat here..just watch and see

BiHung:
The IG will be the scape goat here..just watch and see

The problem is dat the IG can only be removed by the presidency and not even the house has the power to dismiss the IG.. This is the reason the man is bent on using all powers available to stop tambuwal cos he knows the presidency is behind him... Nevertheless, it will get to a stage where even the presidency will fail to back him...

ilugunboy:
I wrote it here few days ago that if it requires sacrificing the Insepctor General....GEJ will do it to save his 2015 project from going up in flames...

Perennial noise makers ,Oya come and remove him let us see.What happened last week is a child play compared to what is to come. Tambuwal is no longer a NASS member and can never preside over the HOR

From who nau?


The same GEJ u people are plotting against?



Nothing dey happen...

chukwudi44:


Perennial noise makers ,Oya come and remove him let us see.What happened last week is a child play compared to what is to come. Tambuwal is no longer a NASS member and can never preside over the HOR

leave the mofos to wallow in their folly.

chukwudi44:


Perennial noise makers ,Oya come and remove him let us see.What happened last week is a child play compared to what is to come. Tambuwal is no longer a NASS member and can never preside over the HOR

Shut up!!

When is PDP going to make Ihedioha the Speaker as you've been shouting for the past one mouth.?...you should bury your head in utter shame.

ilugunboy:



Shut up!!

When is PDP going to make Ihedioha the Speaker as you've been shouting for the past one mouth.?...you should bury your head in utter shame.

IHEDIOHA IS ONLY THE SPEAKER.HAVE YOU SEEN THE FG RECOGNISE YOUR MOFO AS THE SPEAKER.HE IS NOW JUST "ONE ALHAJI AMINU TAMBUWAL"

chukwudi44:


IHEDIOHA IS ONLY THE SPEAKER.HAVE YOU SEEN THE FG RECOGNISE YOUR MOFO AS THE SPEAKER.HE IS NOW JUST "ONE ALHAJI AMINU TAMBUWAL"

I will take your "Speaker" Ihedioha serious anytime I see him presiding as Speaker with the mace....

Let him be doing his speakershio inside Aso Rock

A former ADC to Mariam Abacha what do you expect

I acknowledge how the man exuded confidence with an ad-mixture of stubborn arrogance and utter rudeness...anyhow, na naija we dey....

caseIess:


Sharap

You are suffering from inferiority complex and low self esteem. Why are you cloning Caseless account?

Caseless:
i dont know how seun allow this(cloning) to happen and has not made it part of rules to be observed by nairalanders. Seun , make it a rule that duplicatin ID of another member is offense and, could warrant ban if the true ID of the person behind the clonned one is identified. How can someone be cloning every member of the opposition and nothing is done to stop him?
When i saw the clonned version of omenka, i delibrately mentioned seun against that moniker for him to do something, i'm not sure if he did anything on that. Seun is slow to act when apc members on this forum are crying for help.
Those pdp guys clonned
caseless
berem
omenka
donphilopus
etc, etc...

Cry babies ,cry on.
Everyone has an absolute right to bear any name online as they wishes even if thirty people bears the same name/moniker.You have no right either legally or otherwise to lay sole claim to any name here.

Shameless cry babies crying since 2011.

Caseless:
i dont know how seun allow this(cloning) to happen and, has not made it part of rules to be observed by nairalanders. Seun , make it a rule that duplication of ID of another member is an offense and, could warrant ban if the true ID of the person behind the clonned one is identified. How can someone be cloning every member of the opposition and nothing is done to stop him?
When i saw the clonned version of omenka, i delibrately mentioned seun against that moniker for him to do something, i'm not sure if he did anything on that. Seun is slow to act when apc members on this forum are crying for help.
Those pdp guys clonned
caseless
berem
omenka
donphilopus
etc, etc...

Regarding this issue, Barcanista gave me an advice the other day and I heeded it. They can make 2million replicas for all I care.

Truckpusher:
Cry babies ,cry on.
Everyone has an absolute right to bear any name online as they wishes even if thirty people bears the same name/moniker.You have no right either legally or otherwise to lay sole claim to any name here.

Shameless cry babies crying since 2011.

still d hack i knw; u wont change.

Caseless:
still d hack i knw; u wont change.

What is this one talking about?

omenka:
Regarding this issue, Barcanista gave me an advice the other day and I heeded it. They can make 2million replicas for all I care.

share that advice with me , bro. Those pigs are on rampage.