IGP Directs Police To Stop Governors’ Blocking Of 2023 Polls Campaigns
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has accused some of the state governors of frustrating the electioneering campaigns of opposing candidates and political parties, ahead of 2023 polls.
He directs the State Police Commissioners to henceforth stop the governors from preventing others from conducting their campaign in any parts of the country.
The police chief warns state police commissioners who yield to the pressure of governors to frustrate political parties’ electioneering campaigns that they would be removed from office.
Baba reads the riot act at the 2022 political parties summit, organized by the inter-party advisory committee on Wednesday in Abuja.
Read Also: Court Jails Police IGP For Disobeying 2011 Court Order
The IGP, represented by the Deputy Inspector General in-charge of operations, Dandara Mustapha, said the force headquarters had been flooded with complains from political parties, including the ruling party, the APC.
According to him, some of the governors of attempting to manipulate the electioneering campaigns of their opponents, sponsoring thugs to pursue them, remove their bill boards and posters.
The police IG adds that at times, the offices of opposing political parties are destroyed in their respective states.
He directs Police Commissioners in the states where such incidents occurred to arrest the hoodlums as well as their sponsors, and charged them to courts.
