APC denies sacking Kogi exco

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed media reports that the party’s State Executive Committee (SEC) in Kogi State had either been suspended or sacked.

The APC in a release in Abuja from its National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, in Abuja

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Abu Ibrahim, yesterday opposed calls for state police as a solution to insecurity in the country.

Addressing State House reporters, the senator argued that establishing state police must be yesterday, said the action did not emanate from the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party or any of its organs so empowered.

The party, which said the issues in Kogi State made it to empower a committee to undertake investigations and make recommendations, stated that the NWC had not been appropriately briefed on the outcome of the confined to a specific aspect of the law.

Asked if he was opposed to state police, he answered in the affirmative, saying, “Yes and I have my reasons. I am Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs and I have made a lot of research on the issue of state police and regional police. It was on before, there was a Wilson Commission in 1954 which committee’s work not to talk of taking any decision.

The party said officials of the APC led by its chairman, Alhaji Haddy Ametuo, remained the only recognized executive committee of the party in the state until an appropriate organ of the party is decided otherwise in accordance with the procedure laid down by the constitution.

No to state police – Senate police c’ttee chair

decided for fear of minorities not to allow regional police.

“Of course, if you want to do state police, you may do it_ but it must be confined to specific aspect of law enforcement, you can take away things like national elections_ but probably, local issues, arrest of local thieves, local control of security, but it must be lineated and limited.”