Rivers APC demands Mbu’s dismissal over ban on protests OPPOSITION All Progressives Congress has called for the immediate dismissal of the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Joseph Mbu, for banning #BringBacktheGirls protests in Abuja. The APC explained that though the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, had overruled the ban announced by Mbu, it said the CP’s action was an embarrassment to the Nigeria police. Rivers State Chairman of the APC, Dr. Davies Ikanya, said in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, on Thursday that Mbu should be shown the way out before he dragged the name of the police deeper into the mud. Ikanya said that Mbu might have failed to inform the IGP of the decision to ban the protests aimed at the release of the schoolgirls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, before making the announcement, describing the CP’s action as showing disdain for good order, decorum and constituted authority. The APC statement read, “The All Progressives Congress, Rivers State Chapter, has called for the immediate dismissal of Mr. Joseph Mbu, the controversial FCT Police Commissioner who on Monday banned the peaceful protests by the Oby Ezekwesili-led BringBackOurGirls Coalition, only to be overruled by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar. “Mbu’s action is the height of embarrassment to the Nigeria Police and we demand that Mr. Mbu should be shown the way out of the force now before he drags the name of the Force deeper into the mud. “Mr. Mbu obviously did not clear with his superior, the IGP, the disgraceful action that illustrates his disdain for good order, decorum and constituted authority. “How on earth could CP Mbu outlaw the #BringBackOurGirls peaceful rallies aimed at awaking President Jonathan Goodluck and his Presidency from their slumber on the security challenges and the shame arising from the kidnap of over 250 of our girls and our future mothers by the evil-minded Boko Haram? “Does it mean that Mr. Mbu does not know that peaceful protest is a right guaranteed all Nigerians by Nigeria’s Constitution?” Ikanya recalled what he described as the ordeal of Rivers State in the hands of Mbu before his redeployment to the FCT. He said, “When we were shouting about the inimical acts of CP Mbu, nobody paid any attention, but as soldiers of democracy that we are, we continued to endure him until God in his wisdom touched the hearts of our tormentors to further expose him to the entire world by posting him to Abuja after being rejected by various state governments. “To us in Rivers State APC, CP Mbu is not expected to parade himself within a democratic set-up. CP Joseph Mbu, who had been lying low since he was posted out of Rivers State after holding the entire state to ransom, based on his undemocratic acts and unprofessional policing, came back to life,once more exhibiting his hatred for normalcy and civilisation by ordering the stoppage of peaceful rallies in Abuja.”
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 07:04:27 +0000
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