The Inspector General of Police has appeared before the Senate to explain his alleged non-compliance on an ultimatum to arrest and prosecute the killer herdsmen.
Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris
TORI News had
reported on Wednesday that the Nigerian Senate mandated its committee on Police Affairs and Intelligence, chaired by Senator Abu Ibrahim, to summon the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, based on his failure to arrest and prosecute the killer Fulani herdsmen
The Police IG has on Friday morning, appeared at the Senate to explain his alleged non-compliance with a resolution by the chamber on the 14-day ultimatum to him to arrest and prosecute the herdsmen suspected to have killed over 70 persons in Benue State.
According to PUNCH, the journalists and lower ranks who accompanied the IGP who had failed to appear before the panel on Thursday, were however dismissed from the venue after the introductory session.
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