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A radical of acrophobic citizens successful Kano State, led by Barrister Nafisa Abba Isma’il, chairlady of the Women Lawyers Congress, staged a peaceful protestation connected Thursday evening successful enactment of the State’s Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori.
The protest, which began astatine Tukur Road and ended astatine Race Course successful Nasarawa GRA successful Kano, saw demonstrators carrying placards to explicit absorption to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s telephone for the Police Commissioner’s removal from the State.
Speaking during the protestation march, Barr. Isma’il urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to disregard the governor’s request, describing it arsenic “politically motivated.”
“While government’s inactions let insecurity to thrive, the radical merit protection, not abandonment,” she said. “It is besides important to enactment that since the politician assumed office, it has go his contented to neglect the constabulary and contradict them capable backing to efficaciously combat information challenges. This was precisely the lawsuit with erstwhile commissioners of police.”
She added, “At a clip erstwhile Kano is facing intensified thuggery-related activities, determination is simply a request for collaboration betwixt the authorities and information agencies. So, it is unwise to telephone for the CP’s dismissal astatine this time.”
According to her, the Police Command successful Kano had agelong suffered from deficiency of enactment and resources, making it unfair to spot blasted solely connected the existent Commissioner of Police.
“In presumption of the foregoing, we powerfully impulse the Inspector General of Police to disregard politically motivated attempts by the Kano State authorities to region the Commissioner of Police. Instead, we telephone for strengthening collaboration betwixt the constabulary and each stakeholders successful bid to reconstruct and sphere peace,” she added.
LEADERSHIP reports the objection comes a time aft Governor Yusuf demanded the contiguous replacement of CP Bakori, accusing him of partisanship and unethical behaviour pursuing the constabulary command’s withdrawal from the Independence Day parade astatine the Sani Abacha Stadium connected Wednesday.
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