Unic Press UK: The Inspector General of Police of the Federal Republic of Nigeria did not honour summons of the Nigerian Senate as he failed to show up yesterday to address the upper chamber on the incessant and widespread killings in several parts of the country.
Sen. Bala Na'allah draws the attention of the Senate that the IGP is out of town in Bauchi with Mr. President. “That being said, the legacy in this Institution goes a long way into the future & as such, it is wrong that he did not inform us of his inability to be here today.”
— The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 26, 2018
The Deputy Majority Leader, Bala Na’allah (APC-Kebbi South), questioned why the police boss snubbed the upper chamber, saying: “I see no reason why the IGP cannot be here as this displays a wrong foundation for our Democratic system.”
”I see no reason why the IGP cannot be here as this displays a wrong foundation for our Democratic system."- Senator Bala Na’allah
— The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 26, 2018
The lawmakers later agreed that a fresh summon for the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, to appear before the upper chamber is Wednesday, the 2nd May 2018 at 11 AM.
The police chief Idris is being summoned given extensive and regular killings of innocents in Nigeria, especially Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Zamfara, Plateau, Kaduna, and so on.
One of the brutal killings of innocents occurred on Tuesday, the 24 April 2018, in which, two priests of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, Benue State, Rev Fr Joseph Gor and Rev Fr Felix Tyolaha, and fifteen others were murdered when their parish, St Ignatius Quasi-Parish, Ukpo-Mbalom, Gwer West Local Government Council, Benue State, was attacked by armed killers suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.