The Nigeria Police authorities said the Senate invited the Inspector General of Police, Mr.
Ibrahim Idris, over alleged maltreatment of Senator
Dino Melaye, and not to discuss strategies for tackling killings going on in
different parts of the country as the upper chamber of the National Assembly
has been saying.
Indeed, the Police described the Senate’s claim that the invitations
which the police chief repeatedly refused to honor were over the killings going
on in different parts of the country as an ‘afterthought’ in a series of tweets
via its official Twitter handle @policeNG on Monday.
Police back up its claim with the scanned copy of the two letters of
invitation sent to the IGP by the Senate.
It added that the emphasis on security matters in the invitation
letters was “diversionary to attract undeserved public sympathy in the Senate’s
desperate bid to trivialize and water down the crime and criminal liabilities
for which Senator Dino Melaye is standing trial.”
The Senate, in the series of tweets, also pointed out that the IGP
had appeared before the Senate 10 times since he assumed office in 2016.
The police in further tweets, also said the security strategies
being adopted by to tackle the killings going on in the country should not be a
matter for discussion on national television.
"The recent claim by the Senate that the reason for inviting
the IGP is to brief them on the recent killings in some part of the Country is
an afterthought which can be seen from the headings of their invitation
letters," the tweet read.
“The Nigeria Police Force as a law-abiding entity will continue to
uphold the rule of law in all its ramifications and also ensure that nobody
under any guise, no matter how highly placed is allowed to pervert the course
of Justice.”
The Police also implored the senate not to whip-up sentiment or
resort to self-help but to allow the rule of law and justice to prevail on the
matter of Senator Melaye.
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