Ibrahim Idris has reinstated that he does not owe the Senate an apology.
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has insisted that the Nigerian Police Force does not owe anybody an apology for carrying out its duties.
Ibrahim Idris disclosd his stand in a press statement issued by the spokesman of the Nigerian police Force, Jimoh Moshood, on Wednesday evening.
In his statement, the IGP insisted that the Nigerian Police Force will not bow to the pressure from the lawmakers, who have been trying to hinder the course of justice in the trending Dino Melaye trial. You can read the press statement below:
“The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to the media reportage of the Senate’s resolution on Senate Order Paper of today, Wednesday, 9th May, 2018 after a closed door session that the “Senate declares the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim k. Idris, NPM, mni, as enemy of democracy and unfit to hold any public office within and outside the country.
It is urgently imperative that the Nigeria Police Force respond to this resolution of the Senate which is a deliberate blackmail, witch-hunting, unfortunate and mischievous.
In accordance with the extant laws in Nigeria, the functions, duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General of Police as stated in Section 215(1a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, and the Police Act and Regulations Section 309(1) can also be carried out as mentioned in sections 7(1),312(1), 313(2) of the Police Act and Regulations by a senior officer of the Force of the Rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police or an Assistant Inspector General of Police who if permitted by the Inspector General of Police to act on his behalf or represent him in an official capacity at any official function, event or programme within and outside Nigeria can do so in consonant with the provisions of the Police Act and Regulations.”
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