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| PROFESSOR ITSE SAGAY |
(NIGERIA) Lagos based constitutional lawyer and rights
activist, Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), has challenged the newly appointed Inspector-General
of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba to put the interest of Nigeria first in the
discharge of his duties if he desires to put
his name in gold in the history of police administration in the country.
In his congratulatory message to the new IGP, the senior
lawyer also urged the police boss to see himself as the IGP of Nigeria and not
that of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) or the Presidency.
The SAN also enjoined the new IGP to devise strategies on
how to maximise the police in ending insurgency in Nigeria, as well as
maintaining neutrality in the conduct of the 2015 general elections, especially
in the August 9 governorship election in Osun state.
According to him, "I don't know the new IGP, Suleiman
Abba in person. I don't know what sort of person he is, what his records is.
But what I expect from the Inspector- General of Police is that he is the IGP
of Nigeria, not IGP of PDP or the Presidency. So, he must not be loyal to the
PDP or Presidency, but loyal to the people of Nigeria."
"He should be objective and neutral. He should be
honourable. If he is told to do a partisan thing, he should refuse and resign
honourably or be dismissed rather than compromise his integrity in his duty to
Nigeria.
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| SULEIMAN ABBA |
"The government now is misusing security all over the
place to terrorise and intimidate people. He should refuse to be used in that
manner. He should refuse to be part of what is happening in Osun state.
"He should refuse to be part of PDP agenda for 2015
election and he should be neutral and totally independent and do his job
objectively.
"That way, he will deserve to be IGP of Nigeria and not
IGP of a political party or the presidency."
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