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| New IGP, Mohammed Adamu, saluting President Muhammadu Buhari shortly after his decoration |
New IGP Adamu Makes First Pledges, Says 2019 Election’ll Be Secured, Credible
In
a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP urged the officer to
“avoid the pitfalls of the last IGP, who has gone down in history as the most
corrupt, devious and reckless police officer to hold the post.” It further
advised him to remove all templates of election rigging contained in the
handover note that would be presented to him by Idris.
PDP
further claimed that former IGP Idris would be remembered as “the only IGP in
our political history who surrendered the responsibilities of his exalted
office to the whims and caprices of politicians who share courtesies with the
Buhari Presidency. He defied the need to secure troubled areas and watched
carelessly while an integral part of our nation was engulfed in bloody
clashes.”
“Idris
will be remembered as that police officer that had a penchant for framing
innocent Nigerians with ridiculous allegations. Throughout his inglorious
tenure, he functioned as the commander of the militant wing of the APC, just to
retain his office and remain in power.”
In
his response at a rally in Osogbo, Osun State, PDP National Chairman Uche
Secondus urged Adamu to avoid the errors of Idris who “served the All
Progressives Congress (APC) cabal and not the Nigeria Police or the Nigerian
people.”
Besides,
the Coalition of Political Parties (CUPP), also urged Adamu to release all
political detainees especially Senator Dino Melaye and activist, Deji Adeyanju.
CUPP spokesman, Ikenga Ugochinyere, said the
coalition “and many other Nigerians welcome the end of the controversial IGP’s
tenure as a major victory for our democracy. We therefore urge the incoming IGP
to see his appointment as a service to the nation and to all Nigerians,
irrespective of political and religious affiliations.”First published by business hilights
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