Yesterday, the DPO of Asokoro police division, CSP Nnanna Ama, invaded the meeting of the G7 governors at the Kano government lodge in Asokoro, Abuja. The Progressive Governors Forum have released a statement condemning the incident. Their statement below...Nigerian Police: Now Armed Wing of PDPTheProgressive Governors Forum (PGF) hereby registers its dismay that for thesecond weekend in a row, officers of the Nigeria Police illegally stormed anddisrupted a meeting by seven governors and other Nigerians going about theirconstitutionally guaranteed rights of association. Thepolice action is not only alarming but also demonstrates clearly that theforce, instead of carrying out its constitutional responsibilities ofmaintaining peace and order in the society has become no more than the armed wingof the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Comingbarely a week after storming the Adamawa State Governor's Lodge in Abuja todisrupt a lawful meeting of like-minded individuals, and despite public outcryat the tactics of the police, the Force, in clear violation of all rules ofcivility still went ahead to disrupt a G7 caucus meeting at the Kano State Governor'sLodge on the 3rd November, 2013, in Asokoro, Abuja.Ifthe Nigeria Police has not become the armed wing of the PDP, why should the DivisionalPolice Officer (DPO) in charge of Asokoro Police Unit, CSP NnannaAma, burstinto the venue and order the meeting stopped, threatening to mobilize troops toabort it if his order was not obeyed' Fora DPO to have the impudence to force his way into the meeting of perceivedopponents of President Goodluck Jonathan to disrupt meeting of governors andmembers of the Senate and the House of Representatives that were duly electedby Nigerians, and also threaten them with arrest can only indicate that theorders must have come from the Presidency. But for the police to carry out whatis evidently an illegal order reflects a new low in the history of the Nigerianpolice. The PGF hereby condemns in totalitythe antics of the Nigeria police in breaking up peaceful meetings and harassingNigerians, while also calling for a probe into the PDP ' Nigeria Policerelations. Is the police established and paid to serve all Nigerians or merelyto serve the interests of the PDP' If the police have become the armed wing ofthe PDP, then what differentiates it from the terror tactics of those who seekto violently impose their political beliefs on others' The PGF salutes the resilience,tenacity and patriotic commitments of the G7 Governors and all leaders of theNew PDP calls on them to continue the fight to rescue Nigeria from the grip ofa tiny clique that has cornered the political space in Nigeria and now regardsthe rights and commonwealth of Nigerians as disposable in their desperation tocontinue in office despite growing unrest in the polity occasioned by PDP'spolitics of poverty exclusion. We wish to emphatically restate our resolve tojoin hands ad work with our colleagues in G7 and New PDP to ensure that thecurrent regressive trend towards authoritarianism, increasing poverty,unemployment and incompetent leadership is arrested.The PGF also restates its positionthat another four years of the PDP and the current administration will spelldoom for Nigeria and its over 170 million people, thus our determination torescue Nigeria and provide security and prosperity for Nigerians.
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