Inspector- General of Police,
Mohammed Abubakar has dismissed as unfounded the allegation by Governor Adams
Oshiomhole of Edo State that the police was shielding the killers of his
private secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde.
The IG said on Friday that he would
respond to the governor’s allegation at the appropriate time and in “due
course.”
During the launching of a new code of
conduct for the Nigeria Police on Thursday, Oshiomhole had accused the Deputy
Inspector-General, Force CID, Peter Gana and other investigating officers of
bungling the investigation into Oyerinde’s murder, adding that the police had a
hand in the gruesome murder of his former principal secretary.
Although Oshiomhole said he was
aggrieved over the shoddy handling of the case by the police, he praised the
State Security Service for arresting the actual suspects that had committed the
crime.
“IG, you know that I am aggrieved; I
am aggrieved over the murder of my Private Secretary and the way in which it
was trivialised. The DIG Force CID has a case to answer. It is either he is
guilty of conspiracy to murder or is guilty of conspiracy to shield murderers
or both. Whatever be the case, he cannot continue to wear his police uniform.
He must be dismissed,” the governor had said.
But, when asked to respond to
Oshiomhole’s allegation and demand on Friday, Abubakar dismissed the
accusations as baseless and unfounded, adding that the police would respond to
the issues at the appropriate time.
“In the first place, this case is in
court and it may be subjudice if I comment on it. But we are going to respond
to that comment at the appropriate time because he (Oshiomhole) made
allegations that are unfounded,” the IG said.
After a meeting with senior police
officers on the new Police Code of Conduct, the IG said the meeting was called
to have a detailed assessment of the code, which he said would form the basis
of police operations and conduct while on duty.
He directed the senior officers to
organise seminars for their subordinates from the divisional level to the zonal
level on the code, stressing that every officer must abide by the code.
Source:
Punch
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