The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to dismiss the incompetent Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, and find a suitable replacement to save Nigeria from sliding to full-fledged anarchy and chaos.

HURIWA stated that apart from the total and disgraceful disrespect to the constituted authority of the National Assembly which the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim displayed in failing to honour a lawful invitation to answer questions bordering on security; failures of his leadership at the Nigeria Police force; the sponsorship of jobless youths to demonstrate against the Senate; the sponsorship of media warfare targeting the National Assembly as is being done by the office of the Inspector General of Police, all amounts to a very serious threats to national security and constitutional democracy.

HURIWA also said the actions of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police force in deploying forces to invade and take over for hours, the premises of the Rivers State High Court of Justice in an attempt to stop the lawful sitting of the Courton a matter instituted by Senator Magnus Abe of the All progressive congress against the former Rivers State governor Mr Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi shows that the Inspector General of Police has lost all legitimacy to continue to remain in office.

The group fears that should the IGP be left to provide security during the 2019 election, then the Country may experience civil war as the IGP has evidentially justified the claim in most quarters that he was railroaded into office against all known norms and conventions so as to manipulate his armed operatives to actively rig the general elections for the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari.

Besides, HURIWA stated that the factually verifiable and empirically accurate list of innocent Nigerians slaughtered by armed Fulani herdsmen in the North Central region of Nigeria since January totals one thousand. Nigerians have further observed, as a glaring evidence, that the retention in office of IGP by President Muhammadu Buhari is an unmitigated threat to national security which must not be allowed to continue longer than next 48 hours.

HURIWA has, therefore, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack without any further delay, the grossly inefficient and absolutely politically tainted and compromised IGP Idris to prevent an implosion of insecurity that could undermine the continuous existence of democracy.

HURIWA stated that the primary constitutional duty of the Inspector General of Police is to effectively enforce the rule of law, efficiently combat crimes and criminality, and protect lives and property of the citizenry just as the Rights group affirmed that the ease with which armed Fulani herdsmen, armed hoodlums and freelance killers are succeeding in killing Nigerians in their homes; the illegal takeover of farmlands belonging to Benue and Southern Kaduna farmers; and the killings of Northern Christians without the help of Nigeria Police force is enough reason to dismiss the IGP immediately.

HURIWA said the most unfortunate treasonable sacrilege against constitutional democracy was the forceful occupation by armed police on Thursday on the premises of the Rivers State High Court of justice, thereby preventing litigants from accessing the temple of justice.

HURIWA has also called on organised civil rights community to demand the sack of the IGP for clearly failing to prevent the daily cocktails of mass slaughter of innocent Nigerians by armed Fulani herdsmen.

HURIWA recalled that the office of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, released a list of killings over which it said it invited the IGP for interaction.

HURIWA asserted that the Special Assistant to Senate President on International Relations, Bamikole Omisore, explained that Idris was summoned strictly over the spate of killings in the country.

HURIWA quoted Omisore as stating as follows: “This is the details of the killings in the country from Jan 1 to April 30, 2018. This is what the Senate wants the IGP to come before it to address.”

HURIWA recalled that the Senate gave the TIMELINE ON KILLINGS IN MIDDLE BELT SINCE JAN 1 as follows:

• January 1 – 73 killed in Logo and Guma LGAs in Benue

• January 1 – 2 killed in Awe LGA, Nasarawa

• January 1 – 25 Killed in Keana LGA, Nasarawa

• January 3 – 3 killed in Markurdi, Benue State

• January 4 – 6 killed in Wukari in Taraba

• January 4 – 1 killed in Gassol LGA, Taraba

• January 5 – 4 Killed in Lau LGA, Taraba

• January 5 – 15 killed in Tse Akombo, Tse Vii and Tse Agule vilages in Benue

• January 6 – 55 killed in Lau LGA in Taraba State

• January 8 – 3 killed in Sardauna LGA, Taraba

• January 8 – Two policemen killed in Logo, Benue State

• January 13 – 10 killed in Birnin Gwari LGA, Kaduna

• January 13 – 1 killed in Makurdi LGA, Benue

• January 14 – 1 killed in Bassa LGA, Plateau

• January 14 – 1 killed in Ibi LGA, Taraba

• January 16 – 5 killed in Madagali LGA, Adamawa

• January 16 – 5 killed in Guma, Logo and Okpokwu LGAs Benue

• January 18 – 11 killed in Madagali LGA, Adamawa

• January 21 – 1 killed in Barkin Ladi LGA, Plateau

• January 21 – 6 killed in Juman LGA, Adamawa

• January 23 – 9 killed in Ardo Kola, Adamawa

• January 24 – 4 killed in Kaiama, Kwara

• January 25 – 15 killed in Bassa LGA, Plateau

• January 26 – 3 killed in Bassa LGA, Plateau

• January 26 – 2 killed in Ukum, Benue

• January 29 – 1 killed in Guma, Benue

• January 31 – 1 killed in Jema’a LGA, Kaduna

• January 31 –9 killed in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna

• February 1 – 4 killed in Gassol, Taraba

• February 2 –10 killed in Song, Adamawa

• February 5 – 2 killed in Guma, Benue

• February 6 – 8 killed in Obi, Nasarawa

• February 8 – 6 killed in Shellen, Adamawa

• February 10 – 2 killed in Benue

• February 10 – 3 killed in Bassa, Plateau

• February 11 – 4 killed in Jema’a, Kaduna

• February 12 – 2 killed in Guma, Benue

• February 26 – 12 killed in Kajuru, Kaduna

• February 27 – 20 killed in Demsa, Adamawa

• March 1 – 15 killed in Saradauna, Taraba

• March 4 – 20 killed in Saradauna, Taraba

• March 5 – 25 killed in Okpokwu, Benue

• March 7 – 2 killed in Takum, Taraba

• March 8 – 11 killed in Bassa, Plateau

• March 9 – 9 killed in Bokkos, Plateau

• March 12 – 26 killed in Bassa, Plateau

• March 13 – 7 killed in Guma, Benue

• March 13 – 1 killed in Lokoja, Kogi

• March 14 – 32 killed in Daima/Omala, Kogi

• March 14 – 6 killed in Bassa, Plateau

• March 15 – 5 killed in Takum, Taraba

• March 19 –10 killed in Omala, Kogi

• March 20 – 11 killed in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna

• March 22 – 3 killed in Jos South, Plateau

• March 24 – 5 killed in Makurdi, Benue

• March 30 – 6 killed in Jema’a, Kaduna

• April 4 – 6 killed in Chikun, Kaduna

• April 4 – 4 killed in Takum, Taraba

• April 4 – 10 killed in Gwer West, Benue

• April 5 – 5 killed in Dobga, Taraba

• April 5 – 30 killed in Gwer West, Benue

• April 5 – 50 killed in Offa, Kwara*

• April 7 – 4 killed in Bali, Taraba

• April 7 – 2 killed in Agatu, Benue

• April 8 – 5 killed in Birkin Ladi, Plateau State

• April 8 – 5 murdered in Obi, Nasarawa

• April 8 – 4 killed in Keana, Nasarawa

• April 9 – 1 killed in Guma, Benue

• April 10 – 10 murdered in Benue

• April 10 – 51 killed in Wukari, Taraba

• April 12 – 2 killed in Markudi, Benue

• April 12 – 2 murdered in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna

• April 13 – 5 killed in Bassa, Kogi

• April 14 – 4 killed in Logo, Benue

• April 14 – 78 murdered in Obi, Nasarawa

• April 17 – 1 killed in Logo, Benue

• April 18 – 4 killed in Bassa, Plateau

• April 19 – 1 killed in Kutigi, Niger

• April 19 – 1 killed in Gwer West, Benue

• April 20 – 31 killed in Guma, Benue

• April 25 – 19 killed in Gwer East, Benue

• April 25 – 38 killed in Guma, Benue

• April 25 – 7 killed in Awe, Nassarawa

• April 28 – 14 killed in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna

• April 29 – 5 killed in Gwer West, Benue

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