CENTRE FOR RIGHTS AND GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE (CRGI) C/O CCG, 10 Afolabi Lesi Street, Ilupeju, Lagos. Telephone: 08023172694, 07033853232 Email: centreforrightsgi@gmail 21/01/2015 PRESS STATEMENT AIG JOSEPH MBU REDEPLOYMENT TO LAGOS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A DUTIFUL POLICE OFFICER The Centre for Rights and Grassroots Initiative (CRGI) as a civil society organization with focus on constitutionalism based on strict observance for due process and the rule of law which is the bedrock of democracy among the government and the governed, welcomes AIG Joseph Mbu to Lagos State in his new posting as the AIG in charge of zone 2, Lagos, ahead the 2015 general elections. We are very much aware that the new posting of AIG Mbu to Lagos is already eliciting negative responses from far and wide because of his notorious reputation as a law breaking officer who lacks civility, public decorum, respect for constituted authority and the constitution. The acts of indiscipline, uncouth and crude language, insubordination and lawlessness exhibited by Mr. Joseph Mbu in his last three postings in Oyo, Rivers State and Abuja, the federal capital territory still ranks high as embarrassment to the image of the Nigeria police and the Nigeria State as well as in the black book of policing in the world over. Before his deployment to Rivers state, he was the Police Boss in Oyo State, where he reportedly “embarrassed” the Nigeria Police Force so much, that he was removed from his post. As a Sun News Online report of February 11, 2013 puts it, “The Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar, has ordered the removal of Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu over... (the) occupation of the palace and ancestral home of Ashipa of Oyo.” Mbu had ‘defied’ a standing court order concerning the Obaship tussle of Oyo State, between Alaafin of Oyo, and Isale Oyo. He took sides in the hotly contested matter, and raided the Palace of the Olu Ibadan with over 200-armed officers, and creating havoc. We recall vividly how Mr. Joseph Mbu as the River state commissioner of police had a running battle with the government and people of Rivers state through insubordination and undermining the office of the Governor and the constitution by comprising the security of the state for political reasons. We also recollect how as the Commissioner of police, federal capital territory, Abuja, Mr. Mbu attempted to undermine the constitution through assault on the constitutional rights of Nigerians to assemble and associate, which was overturned by the then IGP and eventually declared null and void by a court of law only recently. As Mr. Mbu settles down to his new posting as AIG zone 2, we at CRGI, want to use this medium to admonish him to ensure strict observance to the tenets of the constitution as a responsible and dutiful police officer in the discharge of his duty which is already a subject of discourse because his antecedents as a political, partisan, lawless and unprofessional police officer. We as well want to warn that Lagosians are highly intelligent, dynamic, sophisticated and law abiding people who will not tolerate any police officer no matter his status who attempts to violate the constitution through lawlessness and partisanship in the discharge of his statutory responsibility. Mr. Joseph Mbu is hereby reminded that collectively, Lagosians are lions and lioness who are ever bold and vibrant to tame any erring “lion” that deviate from respect for the constitution in the discharge of his responsibility. Once again, we welcome Mr. Joseph Mbu to Lagos State, the Centre of Excellence and do hope and pray that he conforms to civilized norm and the constitution in carrying out his duty to the joy and admiration of all.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:15:17 +0000
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