The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the acting Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to immediately commence the re-engineering of the Nigeria Police to restore professionalism and adherence to rules of engagement in the Force.
This is just as the party criticised the outgone Inspector General, Ibrahim Idris, insisting that he destroyed professionalism in the police and compromised the lives and security of
Nigerians.
In a statement on Tuesday, Kola Ologbondiyan,
Director, Media & Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, said the outgone police boss must be held accountable for all the atrocities he committed while in office.
Describing Idris as the worst police boss in the nation’s history, the party said: “Ibrahim Idris will 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 also be remembered as that Police Officer, who 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.
“The PDP therefore urges the new Police boss to learn a lesson from the shameful end of Idris as IGP by immediately setting up the process of re-orientating and insulating the Force from partisan politics, while subjecting it to the tenets of democracy and the rule of law”.
The PDP also urged the police chief to avoid the pitfalls of the last IGP, describing him as the “most corrupt, devious and reckless police officer to hold the post of the IGP in Nigeria”.
The party also charged the new IGP to take urgent steps to address the issue of promotion in the Force under his predecessor, which it claimed had been bastardised.
