Femi Falana confronts the Jonathanian Police: "Illegal Policing of the Republic"
Femi Falana confronts the Jonathanian Police: "Illegal Policing of the Republic" - Nov 2, 2014
Suleiman Abba Esq.
Acting Inspector-General of Police,
Police Headquarters,
Louis Edet House,
Abuja, FCT.
ILLEGAL POLICING OF THE REPUBLIC
Since you were appointed the Acting Inspector-General of Police by the President of the Republic on July 31, 2014 the Nigeria Police Force has been involved in partisan politics to the detriment of law and order in the country. Permit me to draw your attention to three glaring cases of political bias recently displayed by the Police under your leadership.
Firstly, the Osun State governorship election which took place on August 9, 2014 was almost marred by the Police and other security forces which arrested and detained over 700 leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Indeed, some electoral officers who were assumed to be members of the APC were also railroaded to police custody. But for the personal intervention of Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, the said electoral officers would not have been released. Thus, the election would have been disrupted by the police and other security forces whose duty it was to maintain law and order during the democratic exercise. However, the detained APC leaders who were released after the election have not been charged to court for breaching the provisions of the Electoral Act or any other law whatsoever.
Secondly, Mr. Joseph Mbu, the controversial Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 7 of the Nigeria Poilice Force announced a ban any rally demanding for ‪#‎ bringbackourgir ls‬within the federal capital territory. The ban was designed to assuage the feelings of some officials of the Federal Government who are embarrassed by being reminded of their constitutional duty of rescuing the over 200 Chibok girls who were abducted 6 months ago by the nihilist boko haram sect. In a judgment delivered last week, the Federal Capital Territory High Court declared the ban illegal, null and void on the ground that it constituted an infringement of the fundamental rights of the patriotic campaigners to freedom of assembly and expression guaranteed by the Constitution. In spite of the judicial indictment you have not deemed it fit to call Mr. Mbu to order for the reckless abuse of police powers.
Thirdly, you caused the security details of Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representativesto be withdrawn last week on the ground that he had decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC. As if that was enough, you decided to usurp the judicial powers of the federation which are exclusively vested in the courts by section 6 of the Constitution when you claimed that the Speaker had lost his office and seat as a federal legislator having contravened section 68 (1) (g) of the Constitution. By your illegal pronouncement you disregarded section section 50 (2) (c) thereof which stipulates that the Speaker of the House of Representativescan only be removed by a resolution passed by votes on not less that two thirds majority of the members of the House.
No doubt, your actions and utterances in the circumstance have exposed the Police to unwarranted ridicule as Nigerians are not unaware of the fact that when the Ondo State legislators elected on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) decamped to the PDP last month your office did not declare their seats vacant. In particular, you did not withdraw the security details of Honourable Jumoke Akindele, the Speaker who led her colleagues to dump the LP for the PDP. In the same vein, Honourable Ahmadu Fintiri, the Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly and his colleagues who decamped from the PDP to the APC and have since returned to PDP. You did not have cause to declare their seats vacant. Neither have you withdrawn the security details of the Honourable Fintiri.
Thus, by subjecting Honourable Aminu Tambuwal to selective persecution on ground that he decamped from the ruling party you violated his fundamental right to freedom from discrimination.As you are no doubt aware, it is a breach of section 42 (1) of the Constitution and Article 2 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights to subject any citizen of Nigeria of a political opinion to disabilities, deprivation and restrictions to which other citizens who hold alternative views or opinions are not made subject. Since the security details of other Speakers who decamped from the APC and LP to the PDP have not been withdrawn those of Honourable Tambuwal were illegally withdrawn. They ought to be restored without any further delay.
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he's an APC activist if you ask me, though he was right

brownlord:
he's an APC activist if you ask me, though he was right

'he WAS right' or he IS right?
Falan is an activist no doubt, but nt APC's. I've heard him on numerous occassions vehemently criticized many top APC politicians.

He is right that is what we need.

brownlord:
he's an APC activist if you ask me, though he was right

Where ogar the jonathanian spokeswoman
The IGP is trying impress his boss

ayindejimmy:
'he WAS right' or he IS right?
Falan is an activist no doubt, but nt APC's. I've heard him on numerous occassions vehemently criticized many top APC politicians.

source or you a liar

I just love the way Falana reeled out the names of those that decamped to the PDP whose security details were not withdrawn.

brownlord:


source or you a liar

https://m.facebook.com/hopefornigeria/posts/663829783675147

http://culturecustodian.com/buhari-is-monetising-politics-femi-falana/

youths of these days are jus lazy thinkers and fact-finders.
U av d mb to insinuate some1 is a liar cos u made a blunder bt u dnt av d mb to google d fact.
Is google nt ur friend?

Falana. u are a fool. as a leaned person u are suppose to ask for everyone whether apc .pdp lp .whoever decamped from one party to d other to vacate his or her seat in line with d law of the land u are here talking rubbish go and seat down one place make people see road, lawyer my ass.

Op which one is Johnathanian police

enugwunno:
Falana. u are a fool. as a leaned person u are suppose to ask for everyone whether apc .pdp lp .whoever decamped from one party to d other to vacate his or her seat in line with d law of the land u are here talking rubbish go and seat down one place make people see road, lawyer my ass.

See your life? Common sense .. You don't have. Mumu