The Federal House of Representatives has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to replace the current Inspector-General of Police (IGP) with a more professional police officer.
The lawmakers alleged that the IGP, due to his utterances, actions and inactions, could no longer be trusted to conduct his job in a professional manner.
Two motions of urgent national importance presented by two members of the House of Representatives culminated in the vote of no confidence on the number one cop.
The first was by Mark Gbillah (APC Benue) titled: “Motion in the derogatory statement by the Police PRO against an executive Governor of a state and the seeming unwillingness of the Inspector General of Police to recognise and enforce a constitutionally enacted law by an executive arm of government”.
The second motion was by Abubakar Dannuram titled: “Motion on need to curb thuggery development in political activities in Kano and Nigeria in general”.
Gbillah’s motion chronicled the inaction of the police boss in the wake of the killing of 73 indigenes of Benue State and his utterance before a Senate committee that the Open Grazing Prohibition Law by the Benue State House of Assembly was responsible for the killings by Fulani herdsmen and that the state government should scrap the law.
The motion also spoke of the alleged derogatory statement made by the Police Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, who called the Benue State governor “a drowning man” on television.
At a news briefing, the six lawmakers said their position against the resolution of the House will be presented to the House in form of a motion.
Agbonayinma, who spoke on behalf of the others said, “The motion on Kano did not go down well with some of us. The Speaker has always guided the House and tried his best, but all of us played to the gallery. We should be fair to all.
“On the issue that IGP should be replaced, I think we were too in a rush, the motion should have been referred to a committee.”
“Every Nigerian has a right to fair hearing. The issue should have been investigated. Not only me but some of our colleagues were not too happy with the resolution.
“Some of us are going forward to rescind the decision. We were not fair to the IGP.”