Kick-out template for election rigging, PDP tells new IGP

The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation (PPCO) has asked the Acting Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to commence the re-engineering of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to restore professionalism and adherence to rules of engagement in the force.

The Director Media and Publicity of the PPCO, Kola Ologbondiyan, said in a statement on Tuesday that Adamu should do away with “the template for election rigging.”

“Ibrahim Idris will be remembered as the only IGP in our political history, who surrendered the responsibilities of his exalted office to the whims and caprices of politicians who share courtesies with the Buhari Presidency.

“The PDP therefore urges the new Police boss to learn a lesson from the shameful end of Idris as IGP by immediately setting up the process of re-orientating and insulating the Force from partisan politics, while subjecting it to the tenets of democracy and the rule of law.

“The PDP urges the police chief to avoid the pitfalls of the last IGP, who has gone down in history as the most corrupt, devious and reckless police officer to hold the post of the IGP in Nigeria.

“The party further advises the new police boss to remove all templates of election rigging contained in the hand-over note that will be presented to him by Ibrahim Idris.

“The new IGP must also urgently take steps to address the bastardization of promotion in the Police under the last IGP, where officers due for promotion were denied and only those endorsed by a cabal or who have enough money to buy their way through were promoted.

“This is in addition to immediately setting up a process that guarantees proper welfare of officers and men of the Nigerian police. He must note that the whole world is watching him and we urge him not to fail the nation, which he owes his allegiance.

“Now that Ibrahim Idris has gone the way of leaders disgraced out of office, the PDP counsels all enemies of democracy, including President Buhari’s compromised relation in INEC, Mrs. Amina Zakari, to take heed of the disgrace and infamy that await them at the end of their tenure,” the statement read.