Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase
The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, on Wednesday said that the recent invitation of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, by the police over alleged Senate rules forgery was not politically motivated.
The IG said that part of the duties of the police was to investigate any case brought to them.
Ekweremadu is currently being investigated by the police for allegedly altering the Senate Standing Rules on the process of electing principal officers.
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party had condemned Ekweremadu’s invitation, saying that the move was politically-motivated, considering the objection to his emergence as the deputy senate president by the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Speaking to journalists at the Bauchi State Police Command headquarters, Arase said he was not a politician and that he could not have been pushed politically against the deputy senate president.
“One of the statutory duties of the police is to investigate any case brought before us. That is exactly what we are trying to do — to investigate a complaint that has been brought to us. I am a police officer in total, I am not a politician,” he said, adding, however, that the investigation was ongoing.
Arase said the police could not carry their statutory responsibilities without the cooperation of the people.
He said he was in Bauchi to appeal to the people of the state that “we cannot do it alone as police force; that we require their cooperation and understanding for us to get credible information to fish out criminals who are in our midst.”
He said that the idea of keeping suspects in detention on trump-up charges was not acceptable under a democratic set up, noting that the police would keep people in custody only when it was absolutely necessary.
“A suspect can only be kept for 48 hours under the law depending on the nature of the offence. There are certain offences that under our Nigerian law that the police are not competent enough to grant bail. I give you examples — homicide, robbery cases and terrorist cases. Those ones you have to charge the suspect to court,” he said.
Source: punch
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