By Ali Adoyi
Oshiomhole who was the last Governor that arrived at the ICC had originally been asked to make a key note address as indicated in the program brochure.
In his critique of the code of conduct as presented by the Force, he disagreed with the portion of it that says the police must negotiate with criminals or offenders. According to him, ‘negotiation’ was not the right word in such situation, as it would be unwise to negotiate with criminals.
He said, a police man must be nice and possess some level of civility but must not compromise.
The Governor also cautioned the Police, especially the IG and his DIG’s to ensure that Nigerian presidents and other leaders of today or in the future are guided by the code of conduct, hence they must always be reminded that the Police Force has some set rules that guide their operations, just in case of a contrary order from the Presidency or any other over-ambitious leader.
The Governor also advocated for the instant scrap of the Ministry of Police Affairs, stating thus ” what do we do with Police Affairs Ministry when we have the Police service Commission? If the code of conduct must work, then I call for an immediate closure of the Ministry. We don’t need it. It rather slows down the activities of the Force. Ministers are politicians, and we don’t need political interference in the activities of the Police Force”
Oshiomhole asked the IG of police, MD Abubakar to sack the DIG, Force CID for his role in the murder of his secretary, affirming that the DIG concealed the truth and went after an innocent human right activist in the state who does not know anything about the murder of his secretary.
“The police ordered for the murder of my private Secretary. The DIG Force CID has a question to answer. He must be sacked. The same gun that was used in murdering my Personal Secretary was formally in the police Custody and the criminal who was caught with the gun was being investigated by the police, yet the same gun was used in murdering my Secretary. Tell me why I shouldn’t draw this conclusion? Even if it will cost me my life and that of my office, I will always speak the truth about the death of my private secretary.
If I cannot tell the truth, God should take my life” oshiomhole said.
It would be recalled that Oshiomhole’s private Secretary, Comrade Olainton was murdered in a cold blood late last year by some unknown gunmen, and the police arrested David Ugolor instead of going after the murderers who couldn’t have been outside the police Force.
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