- Scores of Anambra youths staged a peaceful protest over the Senate's comment on the police IG
- The youths said that the Senate's invitation of the police chief is unconstitutional
- They threatened to shut down the National Assembly if the Senate does not stop distracting the IG
Youths numbering over 300 on Friday, May 11, in Anambra State staged a peaceful protest against the Senate’s declaration of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim idris , as an enemy of democracy and one who is unfit to hold public office.
The youths took the protest to the headquarters of the Anambra Police Command, Amawbia, Awka South local government area, Punch reports.
NAIJ.com gathered that the youths describe Senate’s invitation of the police chief as unconstitutional, saying the Senate was distracting the IGP from performing his required job at this time.
Scores of Anambra youths protesting against the Senate's comment on the police IG. Credit: Punch
Speaking on behalf of the youths, their leader, Anthony Ogbu, said if the Senate did not stop such unconstitutional act, they would mobilise millions of Nigerian youths to shut down the National Assembly.
The youths threaten to shut down the National Assembly if the Senate does not stop distracting the police boss with invitations. Credit: Punch
Recall that the senators declared the IG as an enemy of democracy and one who is unfit for public office following the failure of the IGP to honour its three invitations to provide information on the spate of killings across the country and also to explain the alleged inhuman treatment meted out to Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West.
However, in the Friday protest, the youths accused the senators of taking a unilateral decision on the matter, stating that the lawmakers ought to have consulted their constituencies before arriving at the conclusion of declaring the police boss a persona non grata.
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Meanwhile, the police have dragged the Nigerian Senate to court to determine if the inspector general of police, as a matter of law, must always appear in person each time the upper chamber invites him.
According to the police, the Senate can no longer invite the inspector general again until the court decides on their prayers.
David Igbodo, the commissioner of police, legal department of the force headquarters, disclosed this on Sunrise Daily, a programme on channels TV.
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Source: Naija.ng