Why Kano Gov Wants Police Commissioner Redeployed

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has expressed his anger with the state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Bakori over his absence during the 65^th Independence Day celebrations in the state.

For failing to show up at the elaborate ceremony to mark the nation’s statehood,  the governor has demanded his redeployment from the state, accusing the state police chief of being partisan as a law enforcement agent.

Yusuf spoke at the Sani Abacha Stadium during the march parade to commemorate the Independence Day celebrations.

The Police Service Commission, PSC, and the Inspector General of Police are the constituted authority responsible for deployment of police officers in the country.

According to Governor Yusuf, the people of the state are not happy with Bakori, who he also accused of  failing to deploy policemen to the venue of the Independence ceremony, describing his attitude to be “unethical’ and “partisan”  .

Speaking at the Sani Abacha Stadium, where he addressed the state, the governor expressed displeasure that the police commissioner and his men were nowhere to be found.

“As you can see, on this historic and independent anniversary of Nigeria, the Commissioner of Police decided to pull out of the parade along with his own personnel,” the governor said.

“This is for reasons pertinent to him and pertinent to his people. Let me say that Kano State’s Chief Security Officer, on behalf of the government, are not happy with this attitude of the Commissioner of Police.

“On this note, on behalf of myself as the leader of the Government of Kano, elected by you people, and on behalf of all the Kano people, we condemn(him)”.

“He was nowhere to be found with the other personnel. This is unprofessional. This is disloyalty to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I now wish to take this opportunity to call on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to remove the state Commissioner of Police,.

“Today, every Nigerian is happy to celebrate the independence of this country. And we insist it, because we know Kano is peaceful. The good people of Kano are peace-loving people.

“But security agencies in Kano, in particular, shouldn’t be involving themselves in partisan politics, which will do no good to all of us in Kano State and in Nigeria, of course.

“Let me say in particular that I would like to seize this opportunity as a Nigerian, as a Kano citizen, and as the Chief Security Officer of Kano State, to condemn the unethical and partisan attitude of the current Commissioner of Police in Kano State.

The magazine reports that the governor has consistently accused the Police Commissioner of taking side in the political crisis in the state. It’s therefore not a surprise that he’s insisting that Makori be transferred, those watching development in the state said.