Members of the House Committee on Police Affairs were shocked yesterday when the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr Sulaiman Abba, told them that he would not address Aminu Tambuwal as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Abba drew the ire of the committee members
when in his submission addressed the Speaker as Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal and also
described the lawmakers who scaled the gate last Thursday as suspected thugs.
At this point, Rep. Akeem Muniru, APC, Lagos
declared that ”if the Inspector General of Police cannot appropriately address
the Speaker on whose ticket we were appointed as members of this committee then
I will honourably leave here.”
Chairman of the committee, Hon. Usman Kumo,
PDP, Gombe quickly interjected, appealing to his members that the
Inspector-General of Police has the floor and should be allowed to deliver his
submission without interference.
Members openly complained, particularly Hon.
Shuaibu Gwandu, PDP, Sokoto and Hon. Rufai Chachangi, APC, Kaduna, declaring
that the IGP should retract what he said.
After about five minutes, the chairman
successfully calmed frayed nerves…
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