Sunday, February 15, 2015
APC Blast New Lagos Police Boss, Mbu Over Statement Made Against Civilians
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the AIG incharge of Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police, Joseph Mbu, to be mindful of his uterances in the discharge his duties in Lagos. In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Mbu's actions since he was posted to Lagos have neither dignified the police as an institution nor portrayed him as a well-trained law enforcement agent.
It said the temperament, comportment, utterances and actions of Mbu, a very senior police officer, are capable of inciting mass killings, violence and anarchy.
Since his posting to the Zone 2 Command, the party said Mbu had acted improperly by barging through the Lekki Toll Plaza without paying toll and then ordering the arrest of policemen and workers at the Plaza.
"Is it not an irony that a man who is trained to enforce the law is the same who is breaking the law?
But that action, as bad as it was, pales into insignificance when compared to his most recent statement in which he was basically inciting the police against the citizenry and encouraging the killing of civilians. It is sheer irresponsibility for a senior policeman to say that for every policeman who is killed during the election, he will kill 20 civilians.
''Lest we are misunderstood, our party will never condone the killing of police personnel or of any law enforcement agent for whatever reason, just as we will not condone the killing of any innocent Nigerian. If a senior police officer does not know how to convey to his officers and men that they should protect themselves while also avoiding extrajudicial killing of any citizen, then the funds spent in training him have been wasted," APC said.
It said the temperament, comportment, utterances and actions of Mbu, a very senior police officer, are capable of inciting mass killings, violence and anarchy.
Since his posting to the Zone 2 Command, the party said Mbu had acted improperly by barging through the Lekki Toll Plaza without paying toll and then ordering the arrest of policemen and workers at the Plaza.
"Is it not an irony that a man who is trained to enforce the law is the same who is breaking the law?
But that action, as bad as it was, pales into insignificance when compared to his most recent statement in which he was basically inciting the police against the citizenry and encouraging the killing of civilians. It is sheer irresponsibility for a senior policeman to say that for every policeman who is killed during the election, he will kill 20 civilians.
''Lest we are misunderstood, our party will never condone the killing of police personnel or of any law enforcement agent for whatever reason, just as we will not condone the killing of any innocent Nigerian. If a senior police officer does not know how to convey to his officers and men that they should protect themselves while also avoiding extrajudicial killing of any citizen, then the funds spent in training him have been wasted," APC said.
The party said such language as 'fire-for-fire', 'If one of my men is killed, I shall kill 20 of them' or 'you have the power to stop the Governor' is inappropriate, inciting and barbaric, especially under a democratic dispensation, and is most unbecoming of a senior law enforcement agent. It therefore said Mbu should be held solely responsible for any violence or killing of innocent citizens before, during and after the elections in the area under his command.
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