The
Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the
Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, retire on January 15, the
IG’s 60th birthday.
The
party said this was one of the ways the President could convince Nigerians and
the international community about his commitment to have free, fair and
acceptable elections this year.
The
National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, who stated
this while answering questions in Abuja on Wednesday, said there was no
need to extend the tenure of the IG.
He
said the police force as an institution had many officers that were capable of
leading the NPF.
There
are insinuations that the Presidency is plotting to extend the tenure of Idris
because of his alleged closeness to Buhari and the national leadership of the
All Progressives Congress.
However,
the PDP said that President Buhari must show evidence that he would match his
words with action, just as he said in his New Year message that the coming
elections would not be a do-or-die affair.
Nevertheless,
Ologbondiyan said that if the APC and the President were not planning
anything negative, they should allow Idris to retire.
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