Ijaw youths accuse IGP of plot to destabilise Bayelsa
The umbrella body of all Ijaw youths across Nigeria, Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has raised alarm over recent decision of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to post four Commissioners of Police to Bayelsa State in less than two weeks.
A statement issued by the Secretary General of IYC, Mr. Alfred Kemepado, said it was indeed suspicious for the Force Headquarters to post four commissioners of police to one state, within such a short period of time.
He stated that the action of the Force Headquarters, under the leadership of the IGP smacks of surreptitious plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC), to use the police authorities to politicize the security architecture of the state, with the sole aim of causing instability and destabilize Bayelsa State.
The police commissioners, who have been posted to Bayelsa State in the last two weeks includes, Joseph Mukan, Ahmed Bello, Ahmad Abdulrahman and Austin Iwar.
Kemepado called on the police authorities not to allow themselves to be used by politicians, pointing out that, the removal of CP Don Awunah after working so hard in collaboration with sister security agencies to safeguard the state within a short period of his deployment to the state and the frequent change of guard in the leadership of the Bayelsa State Police Command within two weeks, points in the direction of politicization of security in the state.
He said, “The Ijaw Youths Council has observed with concern the frequent and curious deployment of police commissioners to Bayelsa State in the past two weeks.
“At the last count, the Force Headquarters has transferred five police commissioners to Bayelsa State, including the former commissioner, who was moved to the Force Headquarters.
“While it is the duty of the Force Headquarters to determine the posting of police officers to formations within and outside the country, we find it troubling that, four commissioners of police have been posted to Bayelsa State in the past two weeks.
“We are inclined to believe that, this frequent deployment of police commissioners to Bayelsa might be traceable to political desperation and tendency to cause instability in the state.
“It is on this note that, we call on the Force Headquarters and the IGP to exercise restraint and resist the plot by desperate politicians to use police authorities to politicize the security in the state.”
He warned that the IYC would mobilize against any attempt to cause instability to score cheap political goals in the state.
