Stop Adamu from parading as IGP, Lawyer tells Court
ANDREW OROLUA, ABUJA.
An Abuja based legal practitioner, Maxwell Okpara has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop Mohammed Adamu from parading himself as the Inspector General of Police forthwith.
The plaintiff also asked the court to restrain Adamu from exercising any form of command over officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force.
The prayers are contained in the suit filed by the plaintiff at the Abuja Division of the Federal High in which President Muhammadu Buhari, Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and the Nigerian Police Council are the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th respondents respectively, stated that Adamu’s tenure has elapsed on February 1st 2021 by virtue of the Police Act 2020.
In the originating summons marked suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/106/2021, the plaintiff wants the court to determine whether by the provisions of sections 215, 216 and section 7 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020, Adamu can continue to function as IGP after February 1st 2021.
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According to document filed in Court, Adamu completed his tenure on February 1st, 2021 after completing 35 years in office as required by the Nigeria Police Act.
The plaintiff also wants the court to determine whether the failure of President Buhari and the Nigeria Police Council to appoint another IGP does not constitute an abdication of their duties.
In a ten paragraph affidavit deposed to in support of the suit by the plaintiff, Maxwell Okpara stated that though, Adamu is no longer a serving police officer by virtue of the Nigeria Police Act, he continued to function in that capacity.
The plaintiff therefore urged the court to determine if the continued stay in office by Adamu has not breached the provisions of the Constitution and the Nigerian Police Act.
He finally prayed the Court to declare as illegal, null and void all actions taken by Adamu from midnight of February 1st 2021.
