*Describes Idris’ tenure as shameful
Henry Omunu, Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the acting Inspector
General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to immediately commence the
re-engineering of the Nigeria Police to restore professionalism and
adherence to rules of engagement in the force.
This is just as the party berated the outgoing Inspector General,
Ibrahim Idris, for a shameful and partisan tenure, which destroyed
professionalism in the police and compromised the lives and security
of Nigerians, adding that he must be held accountable for all the
atrocities he committed while in office.
Idris, the PDP stated, will be remembered as the only inspector
general in Nigeria’s political history, who surrendered the
responsibilities of his exalted office to the whims and caprices of
politicians who share courtesies with the Buhari Presidency.
Director, Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organization,
Kola Ologbondiyan, in his reaction to the new development accused the
former inspector general of defying the need to secure troubled areas
and watched carelessly while an integral part of the nation was
engulfed in bloody clashes.
He added that Idris will also be remembered as that police officer,
who had a penchant for framing innocent Nigerians with ridiculous
allegations throughout his inglorious tenure as he functioned as the
commander of the militant wing of the APC, just to retain his office
and remain in power.
The PDP therefore advised the new police boss to learn from the
shameful end of Idris as inspector general by immediately setting up
the process of re-orientating and insulating the force from partisan
politics, while subjecting it to the tenets of democracy and the rule
of law.
Similarly, it tasked the police chief to avoid the pitfalls of his
predecessor, who it said has gone down in history “as the most
corrupt, devious and reckless police officer to hold the post of the
IGP in Nigeria.”
The party further advised the new police boss to remove all templates
of election rigging contained in the hand-over notes that will be
presented to him by Idris, including addressing the bastardization of
promotions in the police under the last inspector general, where
officers due for promotion were denied and only those endorsed by a
cabal or who have enough money to buy their way through were promoted.
“Now that Idris Ibrahim has gone the way of leaders disgraced out of
office, the PDP counsels all enemies of democracy, including President
Buhari’s compromised relation in INEC, Mrs. Amina Zakari, to take heed
of the disgrace and infamy that await them at the end of their
tenures,” PDP warned.
