Nigerian Senate, Wednesday, declared that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris was not fit to hold any public office both within and outside the country. The senate also described Idris as an enemy of democracy.
This development followed the continuous refusal of the Police IG, Idris, to honour the upper chamber’s invitations to brief the lawmakers on the spate of killings across the country and the inhuman treatment meted out to senator Dino Melaye over a matter that is pending before a competent law court.
The latest outright refusal is the third time the police boss dishonoured senate invitations in three weeks.
After a closed session, the senate president, Bukola Saraki, read the following resolutions arrived at by the lawmakers:
“In a close session, we deliberated the non-appearance of the IGP before the Senate in plenary after series of invitations.
“The Senate believe it was a gross disrespect to this institution and constituted authority. It also noted that the IGP’s refusal to appear before an investigative committee was overruled by a court of competent jurisdiction in April this year.
“The Senate, therefore, view this persistent refusal as a great danger to democracy. And so resolved that the IGP as an enemy of democracy is not fit to hold any public office within and outside Nigeria.