Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has advised the Inspector-General of Police, Abubakar Muhammed, to refrain from interfering in the nation’s politics.
He stated this in reaction to the sealing off the headquarters of the New Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the withdrawal of police details of some of the leaders of the faction, including its chairman, Kawu Baraje and former Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki.
Atiku in a statement on Tuesday maintained that there was no justification for the recent actions of the police.
The statement read: “While it is embarrassing that the police have yet to give a reason on why they are laying siege to a political party office, the whole world knows these are acts prompted by unscrupulous who do not even have the moral conscience not to involve the police in politics. This goes to the root of the current crisis within the PDP: priorities.
“What does it say to our citizens, who live daily with the fear of violence and kidnappings, that our police priority is raiding a political party office? “I call on the leadership of the Nigeria Police, especially its Inspector General, to steer clear of political entanglements, and immediately vacate our party offices. Our national law enforcement priority must be the safety and security of Nigerians, not politics.”
He said at a timw when a top Christian clergy, top lawyer and senior advocate and countless others are being held captive by kidnappers, the Nigeria Police could muster the resources to seal the headquarters of the “new” PDP in negation of a court order.
Continuing, “a politically partisan Police Force sets a dangerous precedent, as they will be entrusted to supervise free and fair elections in the future.”
Atiku added that the IGP has punctured the sincerity of his much publicized police reforms.
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