The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), today expressed the hope that
Mr. Joseph Mbu, the controversial police
commissioner, was not redeployed to Zone 2 for
the purpose of doing the political hatchet of the
PDP in the February election.
In a statement signed by the Lagos State
Publicity Secretary of the party,
Joe Igbokwe, APC warned that such an
attempt will backfire in Lagos and the South
West.
The party noted that Mbu’s known role as a
professional attack dog for the PDP
and the Goodluck Jonathan presidency has
opened his latest posting to Lagos and Ogun to
justifiable speculation that will become clearer
as the 2015 election approaches.
APC said that while it welcomes Mbu to his
new post, with its promises of reforming him
from the “indecorous notoriety “he has courted
through his posting as Rivers State Police
Commissioner, it wanted to warn him that there
is little room in Lagos for the kind of hatchet
role he played for the PDP in Lagos.
It therefore
advised him to purge himself of the blatant bias
and partisanship which has come to colour his
career in the police force before he comes to
Lagos.
“We want to warn Mbu that he is coming to
Lagos, the hotbed of progressivism and the state
that harbours the preponderance of Nigerian
intelligentsia and as such will be advised to do
away with such untoward tendencies that have
made him susceptible to manipulation by the
hierarchy of the PDP,” Igbokwe said.
“We want
to let him know that naturally Lagos is not
tolerant of negative behaviours from cultural
savages and people without scruples so he
needs to adjust to the civilized template of
Lagos or get his hands burnt should he delve
into enforcing PDP's odious interests in Lagos."
It reminded Mbu that Lagos is naturally placed
to deal with the kind of “untoward
tendencies” that marked his controversial tenure
as Rivers State Police Commissioner.
“Lagos is still home for all cadres of Nigerian
elites and will help him define his career if he
lends himself to do the selfish desires of
the PDP,” APC continued. “We therefore advise
him to be objective and fair in dealing with all
political interests en route February 2015. We
want him to drop his well-known excesses as he
moves into Lagos for Lagos will ultimately prove
his albatross should he come here for the
purpose of enforcing the notorious interests of
the PDP.”
Mr. Mbu was yesterday redeployed as AIG from
the Police Command’s Zone 7 in Abuja to Zone
2, Lagos. Several months ago, he was similarly
moved to Abuja from Rivers State, where he was
at the centre of the political controversy there,
and was accused of implementing serving the
interests of President Jonathan and his wife,
Patience.
SR.
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