The Inspector-General of Police IGP Usman Alkali Baba has warned all politicians, political elites and other actors working against the swearing-in of the President-elect Sen.Bola Ahmed Tinubu to desist form such actions or face the unslaught of the Nigeria Police Force NPF.
The IGP gave the warning on Monday at a press briefing on the issue at the Force Headquarters Abuja saying that the Nigeria Police has observed that some major political actors that are not favoured by the outcome of the 2023 general elections are out to derail the nation’s political order.
The Police boss further stated that many of these political actors have been issuing public threats that are directed at instigating actions to frustrate the Presidential inauguration ceremony on the 29th of May 2023.
He said that the Police and the national intelligence community have been closely monitoring the activities of these political elites as well as other elements who have formed themselves into unpatriotic brands whose only fantasy in recent times is to seem to be bent on deploying extra-judicial and undemocratic means to truncate our democratic heritage in advancement of their narrow political considerations.
He pointed out that the beauty of democracy lies not just in the freedom of the citizens to freely excercise their franchise within the electoral cycle rather it is hinged on the right of aggrieved political actors to submit grievances on the electoral outcome to the judicial processes
He said: “the credentials of a true democrat must therefore be measured by his or her level of patriotism and willingness to manifest the culture of submitting to rule of law, peace, democratic values and the judicial process”
The IGP said that it is expected that a true democrat will subsume his or her personal political ambition under overriding national security and democratic interests of the country.
He said that unfortunately, the public utterances of some political actors and their current attempt at inciting public protests with a view to creating national tension ahead of the presidential swearing-in ceremony do not only negate these values, but they are also manifestly subversive, undemocratic and unconstitutional.
The Police highest ranking officer had submitted that the imperatives of peace in our national life cannot be over-emphazied adding that sustanance of peace and security is even more expedient at this stage in our national democratic transition.
He added that the Nigeria Police in synergy with other security agencies and the intelligence community ‘ll continue to monitor the activities of these political actors in the overriding national interest.
The Police high command assured that the inauguration ceremony at the national and states levels of government is sacrosanct and will go on peacefully as the Nigeria Police is determine to protect and sustain the nations political order.
The Police helmsman submitted that inauguration ceremonies are crucial for the sustanance of the nation’s democracy and political order and assured the citizens that that their loyalty to these tenets is unwavering
