The Commissioner of Police in
charge of crime investigations in the office of the Inspector General of
Police, Mr. Abu Shaibu who appeared before the Ad-hoc committee investigating
the invasion of the Senate chamber and the alleged mace theft has revealed that
one of the prime suspects in the case was caught in possession of an ID card
bearing Kogi State Government House.
The commission, while defending
the slow pace of the case said , they only relied on video clips in their
investigation, regretting that the NASS CCTV was not functioning.
Reacting, the Senate, however,
directed that the IPO in charge of the case be made to appear before it on
Wednesday.
The directive was handed down to
the Commissioner during the hearing.
Chairman of the committee,
Senator Bala Ibn’Nallah after hearing the Commissioner of Police on the
progress made in the investigation expressed disappointment over the slow pace
of their investigation.
He was saddened that the suspects
were still in police custody when they ought to have been arraigned in court.
“The Police is not following the
rule of the law in prosecuting criminal suspects involving Senate invasion and
mace theft. The law did not allow a suspect to be held in police custody more
than 24 hours. ”
“By now the court would have
ordered their detention in prison custody instead of Police custody,” he said.
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