The Senate summoned the IGP on two different occasions — to brief them on the travails of Dino Melaye, a senator representing Kogi west, and on the security situation in the country — but he sent a representative.
Last week when he was first summoned, he informed the lawmakers that he accompanied President Muhammadu Buhari to Bauchi. He was re-summoned on Wednesday but he told them he went to Kaduna for an official assignment.
Speaking on Wednesday, Saraki said the IGP also disobeyed President Muhammadu Buhari when he was asked to relocate to Benue state over the killings but did not stay for more than 24 hours in the state.
“Again, we cannot say it is just to us because the president told us that he told him to go to Benue and the man refused to go,” Saraki said.
He added that the IGP’s failure to appear before the upper legislative chamber endangers the nation’s democracy.
“Under constitutional powers, it is required of the IG to come and give a report on the incident involving a colleague and the incessant killings happening in the country,” he said.
“Since the beginning of the year, over 500 or 600 have been killed and we believe that the man in charge of enforcing this does not think he needs to sit down with Senate to engage with us when there is something wrong somewhere.
- Oyo state governor,
Abiola Ajimobi, has insisted that there will be local government
election in the state
- The governor said this after a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on
Wednesday, May 2 stopped the election
- Some leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state
instituted a case over the creation of wards
Despite a Federal High Court ruling stopping the forthcoming local
government election in Oyo state, Governor Abiola Ajimobi, has on
Friday, May 4, vowed that election will hold in all 33 local government
areas, 35 local council development areas and over 600 wards in the
state.
Tribune reports that while addressing a congregation of members of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state at party secretariat,
Oke-Ado, Ibadan, Ajimobi said he was leaning on constitutional
provisions that the courts had no power over the election.
READ ALSO: Gunmen reportedly attack APC aspirant’s aides in Ekiti, cart
away delegates money
“There is this speculation across the state that the council poll will
not hold as a result of the court judgment.
"The court has not stopped us from conducting the election, except in
some newly created wards.
“We are telling the court that it is in the constitution that no court
has power over the election. We are telling you that in the wards
mentioned and those that were not mentioned, we are going to conduct
election there.
“We are in touch with the aggrieved members of the party that had gone
to court. I want to assure you that the election will hold across the
state, even in the disputed wards,” the governor was quoted to have
said,.
Going further, the governor was said to have appealed to party members
to ensure the success of the ward congress.
“In any local government that has executive, if the executive wants to
continue, and you agree, let them continue. If you don’t agree, go to
the field. It is not automatic to be a member of the executive,” he
added.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the planned Oyo state local
government election which was scheduled to be held on May 12 has been
stopped by a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday, May 2.
PAY ATTENTION: Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 news app
The court stopped the poll after it delivered its ruling in a case
instituted by some leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress in
the state over the creation of wards Read more: https://www.naija.ng/1167614-lg-election-hold-wards-oyo-ajimobi-declares-reasons.html#1167614
- Oyo state governor,
Abiola Ajimobi, has insisted that there will be local government
election in the state
- The governor said this after a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on
Wednesday, May 2 stopped the election
- Some leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state
instituted a case over the creation of wards
Despite a Federal High Court ruling stopping the forthcoming local
government election in Oyo state, Governor Abiola Ajimobi, has on
Friday, May 4, vowed that election will hold in all 33 local government
areas, 35 local council development areas and over 600 wards in the
state.
Tribune reports that while addressing a congregation of members of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state at party secretariat,
Oke-Ado, Ibadan, Ajimobi said he was leaning on constitutional
provisions that the courts had no power over the election.
READ ALSO: Gunmen reportedly attack APC aspirant’s aides in Ekiti, cart
away delegates money
“There is this speculation across the state that the council poll will
not hold as a result of the court judgment.
"The court has not stopped us from conducting the election, except in
some newly created wards.
“We are telling the court that it is in the constitution that no court
has power over the election. We are telling you that in the wards
mentioned and those that were not mentioned, we are going to conduct
election there.
“We are in touch with the aggrieved members of the party that had gone
to court. I want to assure you that the election will hold across the
state, even in the disputed wards,” the governor was quoted to have
said,.
Going further, the governor was said to have appealed to party members
to ensure the success of the ward congress.
“In any local government that has executive, if the executive wants to
continue, and you agree, let them continue. If you don’t agree, go to
the field. It is not automatic to be a member of the executive,” he
added.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the planned Oyo state local
government election which was scheduled to be held on May 12 has been
stopped by a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday, May 2.
PAY ATTENTION: Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 news app
The court stopped the poll after it delivered its ruling in a case
instituted by some leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress in
the state over the creation of wards Read more: https://www.naija.ng/1167614-lg-election-hold-wards-oyo-ajimobi-declares-reasons.html#1167614
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