A senator, Emmanuel Bwacha, has
told his colleagues how police security detail was withdrawn after he
criticised the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris.
Mr Bwacha narrated his ordeal
while contributing to an allegation raised by the Senate President, Bukola
Saraki, that Mr Idris was plotting to frame him.
He said the police officers
abandoned him on a trip despite having duly requested their company.
“I came into this chamber this
morning to raise a different matter. When I heard from the President of the
senate of this dangerous plot, I was humbled. Virtually every one of us stands
the danger of this sort. What we should do is to also behave as if we are in
the understanding that the president doesn’t know. Let us also go to him that
our democracy is collapsing under your watch,” he said.
“On Thursday, I was travelling
from Abuja to Jos with policemen; I requested legitimately through a route that
is notorious for kidnapping and killings. While getting to Jos, the commander
of the mobile called them and said, withdraw from him and go to the nearest
police station. Leave him alone. I stopped and asked, ‘what is the matter’? My
simple crime is that I told the media that it is wrong for the IG not to appear
before us.”
In response to questions from his
colleagues on how he escaped, Mr Bwacha said he managed to guard himself and
drove himself back to Abuja thereafter.
“They told me that they needed to
withdraw, that they had the instruction to leave me alone. I stopped there
because I was afraid, I decided that let them leave so that they won’t know
where I would lodge. So, I left them. They went to the nearest police station,
abandoned me there. The next day, I managed to drive back to Abuja in fear.”
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What a special IGP!
ReplyDeleteNigeria.................A country where the IG is more powerful that the President
ReplyDeleteThe IGP is only playing the President scripts. The President is a green snake under a green grass. I hope Nigerians would realize that before he completely destroy Nigeria.
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