BREAKING: Anxiety as IGP Orders Seal up of 17 LG Secretariats in PDP State
- IGP Usman Baba has ordered the Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka, to seal up 17 LGA secretariats in the state
- Recall that the new PDP governor, Caleb Mutfuwang, suspended the chairpersons of the LGAs over allegations of misappropriation of state funds
- The development almost resorted to the breakdown of law and order on Wednesday before the police sprung into action on Thursday, June 15
Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has given a marching order to the Commissioner of Police in Plateau State, Bartholomew Onyeka, to close down 17 local government secretariats in the North Central state.
The police boss gave the order to suppress the growing tension surrounding the leadership crisis in the local government areas and the alleged threat posed by supporters and chairmen of the local governments on critical infrastructures, properties, and lives in the state, TVC reported.
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Why IGP Alkali Baba shut down 17 LGA secretariats in Plateau
Alkali-Baba said the decision of the police authority was in line with the exercise of the constitutional responsibility of the Nigeria Police Force in ensuring that law and order do not hold sway in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governed state.
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The police authority then warned that it would not tolerate anyone planning to disrupt the process or create confusion around the secretariats of the LGAs, adding that security officials would allow the law to take its cause on such persons.
The commissioner of police then urged the state's people to continue their daily lawful business.
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It was earlier reported that Governor Caleb Mutfuwang, who was sworn in on Monday, May 29, suspended the LGA chairmen over alleged misappropriation of funds.
The governor subsequently appointed interim chairmen to see to the affairs of the LGAs, but the suspended chairperson revolted against the move and maintained that the governor lacked the jurisdiction to suspend them.
The aggrieved chairpersons insisted that they will continue to function in their respective positions and the situation almost resulted in the breakdown of law and order on Wednesday, June 15.
"APC has not compile any ministerial list for President Tinubu": NWC says
Legit.ng earlier reported that the APC national working committee (NWC) has commented on the claim that the party will have some influence on the ministerial list of President Bola Tinubu.
Members of the committee who spoke in separate interviews said the party would not have an influence on the list.
Bala Ibrahim and Nze Chidi Duru, the Director of Publicity for the party and the APC Deputy National Organising Secretary maintain that the ministerial list is at the prerogative of the president.
Source: Legit.ng
