Some members of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) in the North central zone have asked
President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint an
impartial Inspector General of Police (IGP),
insisting that the present one lacks the capacity
to be fair to all Nigerians.
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator George
Akume and a governorship aspirant on the APC
platform, Mr Solomon Dalung, from Plateau State
made the call on Monday at a mega rally
organised to seek the re-election of governor
Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa State.
The party leaders, who gathered in Lafia to drum
support for Mr Al-makura, condemned the action
of the Acting IGP, Mr Suleiman Abba, who
withdrew the security details of the speaker of
the House of Representatives, Honourale Aminu
Tambuwal.
After the security personnel attached to Mr
Tambuwal were withdrawn on October 30, the
police in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mr
Emmanuel Ojukwu, cited the recent defection by
Mr Aminu Tambuwal from the Peoples
Democratic Party to the APC as reason.
Part of the statement read, “…having regard to
the clear provision of section 68 sub section 1(g)
of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria as amended, the Nigeria Police Force
(NPF) has redeployed its personnel attached to
his office.”
At the rally in Lafia, thousands of pro-Al-makura
supporters drawn from Nasarawa southern
senatorial zone, gathered to endorse the governor
to seek re-election.
Prominent among APC chieftains at the rally were
the Senate Minority Leader, Senator George
Akume, Mr Buba Galadima, Mr Nasir El-rufia,
Abdullahi Adamu, and Mr Solomon Dalung who
took a swipe at the Acting Inspector General of
Police.
To drive home his message of support for
Governor Al-makura, Senator Akume, enumerated
the achievements of the governor, with education
topping the list.
While all the mass support for Mr Al-makura is
going on, the immediate past Attorney General
and Commissioner of Justice, Mr Innocent Lagi,
joined the list of those seeking to unseat the
Governor.
Lagi is seeking to oust his former boss on the
platform of the Labour Party. He denied ever
belonging to the APC, insisting that he has
solution to the challenges the Al-makura led
administration had been unable to address.
Besides the mass endorsement of Governor Al-
makura by all the zones and groups, there is the
growing concern among indigenes of the state as
political intrigues continue to dominate the game
ahead of 2015.
Culled from Channelstv.
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