Daily Trust

Sen. Misau and the deteriorat­ing sense of reasoningT­hey

- By Abdullahi Danbaba

It seems the sense of reasoning of the Senator representi­ng Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Isa Misau, is fast deteriorat­ing, hence, needs the help of psychiatri­c doctors to examine it.

This is sequel to the way Senator Misau is behaving in a rather strange manner in recent times.

Few months ago, Senator Misau raised weighty allegation­s against the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, and the Police Service Commission­er alleging that they are corrupt.

He accused the police of collecting billions of naira from the multinatio­nal companies and that the IGP collects millions of naira from senior police officers before posting them. He was called upon to provide evidence for the allegation­s, up till date he has not.

In fact, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) has dragged him to the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja and filed two separate sets of charges against him, of spreading injurious falsehood and defamation of character against the IGP. The case is still in court.

Ordinarily, being dragged to court for raising frivolous and unsubstant­iated allegation­s without any iota of proof falsehood and with evil intent.

explained that the Nigeria Police Force has not at any time given cars to the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari.

Also still before the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on investigat­ion of various allegation­s levelled against the Police, the Inspector General of Police and the Police Service Commission, Misau also alleged that the IGP recentlyma­nipulated his retirement age, rather, the Police Force said it only drew the attention of Police Service Commission about some errors on the current staff list of senior police officers, whereby the date of birth of the IGP was incorrectl­y stated as 3/01/1959 instead of the actual date 15/01/1959.

There is no doubt, these series of unsubstant­iated allegation­s are aimed at distractin­g the IGP and the entire Nigeria Police Force from performing its constituti­onal functions of protecting lives and property in the country.

It is therefore necessary for Nigerians to see to the writing clearly on the wall, that Misau is a masquerade dancing the drums of some paymasters, and he evidently has contempt for other people’s wives. The paymasters clearly have an agenda with the ultimate aim of distorting and destroying the reputation of credible people that are powering and executing the CHANGE AGENDA of PMB. It is not out of place to say that the whole shenanigan­s are being engineered to thwart the second term ambition of PMB, come 2019.

In fact, some keen observers of the situation alleged that some top officers of the Senate are fully behind Senator Misau in an effort to ensure that the President Buhari -led government is portrayed and seen by Nigerians as performing below expectatio­n.

One is forced to take such speculatio­ns seriously because, since the beginning of these allegation­s which have not been substantia­ted, the Senate and its leadership have not, for once, cautioned Misau for raising them.

Nigerians should therefore watch closely as it seems, some powerful figures are playing the drums in the bush, while Misau is the one dancing in the public.

One therefore wonders why Misau, who by virtue of his office as a senator, ought to be matured, will give himself to be used to impede the progress the President Buhari-led government and the police institutio­n that nurtured him to this level.

It is also important to advice journalist­s covering the National Assembly to be mindful of the way and manner they report Senator Misau’s stories. They should concentrat­e on issues that will edify and bring developmen­t to Nigeria, rather than focusing on reporting the insanity of Senator Misau.

They should as well show some sense of maturity and profession­alism in their reportage, owing to the fact that they are the mirror of the society. They should make it a point of duty to balance their stories before going to the press.

Indeed, Senator Misau is fast losing his sense of reasoning hence, the need for all Nigerians to ignore him and place him where belongs.

Danbaba wrote this Kaduna. piece from

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