KOGI STATE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (VANGUARD NEWS)

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the immediate transfer of Mr Wilson Inalegwu the Kogi state Commissioner of Police and the arrest of Mr Ahmed Ahmed, a member representing Ankpa constituency in State House of Assembly over allegations of mutiny, impunity and the kidnap of a fellow legislator, Mr Friday Makama on Tuesday morning. The leader of the Peoples Democratic Youth Frontier (PDPNYF) Comrade Austin Usman Okai reacting to the ongoing impunity trending in Kogi state made the call while briefing newsmen shortly after an emergency stakeholders meeting of the party held in Abuja. In his words “We hereby call on the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo as a matter of urgency to call the Kogi State Governor Mr Yahaya Bello and his boys to order.Kogi state is not an autocratic state and we cannot continue to tolerate this impunity. This is not democracy”. “We equally seek for the immediate arrest of the member representing Ankpa constituency in the House of Assembly for plotting the kidnap of Friday Makama using the coercive influence of thugs and some uniformed police officers. This is sheer wickedness”. Speaking further on the development, Okai noted that ‘we noticed the incessant political romance Inalegwu has with the the state governor and that he has shunned the ethical conducts of the Nigeria Police by condescend so low to work for the state governor” “This is not the first time the Commissioner of Police is present in a crisis recorded scene of which he could not prevent due to his political switch. Inalegwu is glaringly an opposition and not a neutral police officer” “Recently, Wilson Inalegwu was present when Senator Dino Melaye was attacked under his watch in Lokoja. The attacked led to the death of two innocent indigenes of the state leaving numerous others injured. ‘The same Inalegwu motioned his boys from Lokoja to arrest me in Abuja on the orders of the Kogi state governor. It is now a known fact that Wilson Inalegwu is a political police officer”. “Wilson Inalegwu should be transferred with immediate effect because he is causing more harm than good within the confluence state. He is not representing the interest of the Nigeria Police but his own interest.” “We are requesting for the urgent attention of the Acting President to mediate in this matter to prevent the scenario from escalating”. As at the time of filing this report, heavily armed policemen led by the state police commissioner are still in the premises of the legislative house despite being unable to prevent the crisis.

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, and the State Commissioner of Police (CP), Wilson Inalegwu, on Tuesday locked up the Kogi State House of Assembly Complex to prevent plenary from taking place.
According to a source who spoke to newsmen, the development was an attempt to halt the planned removal of the Majority Leader of the House, Matthew Kolawole, who is said to be a staunch supporter of the state governor.

The source further said the State Commissioners of Justice and Finance; Mohammed Ibrahim and Idris Asiwaju, were also slated to testify before the House of Assembly how the state government utilized the bailout funds and the two tranches of the Paris-Club loan refunds received from the federal government.
He said: “The Kogi State House of Assembly is locked as we speak. Governor Yahaya Bello and the State Commissioner of Police stormed the complex this morning with some officers and thugs invited by one Hon. Bello who represents Ajaokuta State constituency to lock up the premises in order to prevent plenary from holding today
“The reason is not unconnected to the perceived failure of the plot to impeach the Speaker and replace him with the Majority Leader who is a staunch ally of the governor. But, the Speaker himself having control of the House, has also staged a counter plot to have the Majority Leader removed today.
“Also, the governor has paid some arrears owed workers and pensioners in the state with the funds received from the federal government. However, the House had planned, today, to hear from the Commissioners of Justice and Finance how the funds were expended by the state before this incident happened.”

Commending on the incident, opposition youth leader in the State, Austin Okai, described the action of the Governor and the Police Commissioner as a plot to truncate democracy in the State and institutionalize autocracy where in the legislature is suspended from carrying out its constitutional responsibilities.
He said: “This is unheard of anywhere in the world that members of the Executive arm of government will physical storm a legislative complex in the company of security operatives in order to prevent legislators from doing their job.
“It is impunity in its highest form and must be put to a stop before it leads to an oppressive regime.” He therefore calls for the immediate transfer of the state police commissioner, Wilson Inalegwu.
It will be recalled that the Commissioner of Police and some fierce looking political thugs stormed the State Assembly Complex on Tuesday morning disrupting plenary and pushing for the unconstitutional arrest of the embattled member representing Igala Mela / Odolu, Hon Friday Makama.

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