Senate Summon: IGP Acted Rightly By Delegating DIG – Police.

The Nigeria Police says the Inspector General of Police
(IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, did not err by asking Deputy Inspector
General of Police (DIG) to represent him at the
Senate.

Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Jimoh Moshood, said this in a
statement on Thursday while explained the reason for the decision
of the police boss.

Mr Idris had failed to show up at the Red Chamber of the
National Assembly on April 26, following a summon issued to him by
the lawmakers.

While he was expected to brief the senators on the on the arrest
of Senator Dino Melaye and killings across the country, the IGP was
among those who accompanied President Muhammadu Buhari to Bauchi
State.

Some of the lawmakers in the Upper Chamber had faulted the
police boss and accused him of disrespecting the Senate by sending
a representative.

Mr Moshood, however, argued that his boss was not wrong to
delegate a DIG to represent him, noting that he acted within the
ambit of the law.

“The functions, duties and responsibilities of the Inspector
General of Police as listed in Section 215 of the Constitution of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria can also be carried out as
mentioned in section 312 (1) of the Police Act and Regulation by a
senior officer of the Force of the rank of Deputy Inspector General
of Police and Assistant Inspector General of Police who, if
permitted by the Inspector General of Police to act on his behalf
or represent him in official capacity at any function, event or
programme within and outside Nigeria, can do so in consonant with
the provisions of the Police Act and Regulation.

“It is on the basis of the above that while the Inspector
General of Police is on an official assignment in Bauchi State that
he delegated the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Department of
Operations, to represent him and honour the invitation of the
Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria in respect of the offences for
which Senator Dino Melaye was taken into police custody,
investigated and to be arraigned in the Federal High Court, Lokoja
without further delay,” the statement read.

The police spokesman further asked the public to be informed
that the IGP acted rightly in accordance with the provisions of the
constitution by delegating the DIG to the Senate.

He noted that the Nigeria Police Force is a law abiding
organisation and holds the Senate and its leadership in high
esteem.

Moshood, however, urged the Senate not to personalise or
trivialise the purported offences indicting Sen Melaye from
confessions of two suspected kidnappers in Kogi State.

He asked the lawmaker to allow the rule of law and justice to
prevail in the matter.

The Nigeria Police says the Inspector General of Police
(IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, did not err by asking Deputy Inspector
General of Police (DIG) to represent him at the
Senate.

Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Jimoh Moshood, said this in a
statement on Thursday while explained the reason for the decision
of the police boss.

Mr Idris had failed to show up at the Red Chamber of the
National Assembly on April 26, following a summon issued to him by
the lawmakers.

While he was expected to brief the senators on the on the arrest
of Senator Dino Melaye and killings across the country, the IGP was
among those who accompanied President Muhammadu Buhari to Bauchi
State.

Some of the lawmakers in the Upper Chamber had faulted the
police boss and accused him of disrespecting the Senate by sending
a representative.

Mr Moshood, however, argued that his boss was not wrong to
delegate a DIG to represent him, noting that he acted within the
ambit of the law.

“The functions, duties and responsibilities of the Inspector
General of Police as listed in Section 215 of the Constitution of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria can also be carried out as
mentioned in section 312 (1) of the Police Act and Regulation by a
senior officer of the Force of the rank of Deputy Inspector General
of Police and Assistant Inspector General of Police who, if
permitted by the Inspector General of Police to act on his behalf
or represent him in official capacity at any function, event or
programme within and outside Nigeria, can do so in consonant with
the provisions of the Police Act and Regulation.

“It is on the basis of the above that while the Inspector
General of Police is on an official assignment in Bauchi State that
he delegated the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Department of
Operations, to represent him and honour the invitation of the
Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria in respect of the offences for
which Senator Dino Melaye was taken into police custody,
investigated and to be arraigned in the Federal High Court, Lokoja
without further delay,” the statement read.

The police spokesman further asked the public to be informed
that the IGP acted rightly in accordance with the provisions of the
constitution by delegating the DIG to the Senate.

He noted that the Nigeria Police Force is a law abiding
organisation and holds the Senate and its leadership in high
esteem.

Moshood, however, urged the Senate not to personalise or
trivialise the purported offences indicting Sen Melaye from
confessions of two suspected kidnappers in Kogi State.

He asked the lawmaker to allow the rule of law and justice to
prevail in the matter.