Human rights activist and Executive Chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to remove the current Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris from office, since the police boss by his anti-constitutional actions lacks the moral and democratic right to continue in office.

The rights activist threw his weight behind the Wednesday resolution of the upper Chamber of the National Assembly, passing a vote of no confidence on IGP Idris that he was “unfit to hold public office” in a democratic setting for deliberately not honouring the invitation of the Senate on three occasions without tangible reasons.

He strongly condemned the action of the Police helmsman for poking finger into the eyes of the second arms of government, describing his action as undemocratic, anathema, unconstitutional, illegal, satanic and uncalled for, adding that Idris has shown total disrespect, an enemy of democracy, to one of the strong pillars of the country’s democracy.

This was contained in a statement issued after Comrade Sulaiman appeared on a “Live Programme” at SaharareportersTV in Lagos on Thursday, copies of which were made available to newsmen. Sulaiman maintained that all the lovers of Nigeria’s democracy should rise up to condemn the action of IGP Idris, adding, “If the IGP is not being curtailed now by paying for his misdeed, it may be an open ticket to continue disrespect the strategic pillars of our hard earned democracy”.

According to him; “Mr. Ibrahim Idris has brought great stigma to the Legislative arm of Nigeria and President Buhari should not treat this action with levity hand by not hesitating to remove Mr. Idris from office with immediate effect because he has overstayed his time as the IGP. The sanctity of the lawmaking organ of the country should be protected by all and sundry.

“For disrespecting the National Assembly, Nigeria’S democracy has been reduced to the lowest ebb among the democratic nations of the world and this singular action of the IGP should not be allowed to be swept under the carpet by the Executive arm of government under President Buhari.

“Serious democratic action should be taken against Idris by the constituted authority in the land”. Sulaiman insisted that Idris still remains one of the enemies of Nigeria democracy and its actors and if they failed to end his tenure as head of Nigeria Police Force (NPF) abruptly, he might end the peaceful co-existence of the country abruptly, recalling that the Police under Idris watch was recently and unfortunately dissipating energy on a law-abiding citizen and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Distinguished Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial district over political interest in Kogi State.

The CHRSJ boss further stressed that Senate has the power to remove the President and any of his appointees in accordance with the sections 62,88,89,143,153,214 &216 of the amended 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, adding that IGP Idris deserved to be removed over indecent assault of female Police officer which attracted over three(3) years imprisonment.

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