Gov Yusuf Calls for Sack of Kano Police Commissioner
THECONSCIENCE NG reports that the Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to remove the state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Bakori, over his absence and the withdrawal of police personnel during the 65th Independence Day celebration in Kano.
Speaking at the Sani Abacha Stadium, where he addressed the state, the governor expressed displeasure that the police commissioner and his men were nowhere to be found.
“As you can see, on this historic and independent anniversary of Nigeria, the Commissioner of Police decided to pull out of the parade along with his own personnel,” Yusuf said.
“This is for reasons pertinent to him and pertinent to his people. Let me say that Kano State’s Chief Security Officer, on behalf of the government, are not happy with this attitude of the Commissioner of Police.”
He condemned the absence, describing it as unprofessional and disloyal.
“On this note, on behalf of myself as the leader of the Government of Kano, elected by you people, and on behalf of all the Kano people, we condemn.
“He was nowhere to be found with the other personnel. This is unprofessional. This is disloyalty to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I now wish to take this opportunity to call on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to remove the state Commissioner of Police,” the governor declared.
Yusuf emphasised that Kano remains peaceful and that security agencies must remain committed to their duties rather than engage in politics.
“Today, every Nigerian is happy to celebrate the independence of this country. And we insist it, because we know Kano is peaceful. The good people of Kano are peace-loving people,” he said.
“But security agencies in Kano, in particular, shouldn’t be involving themselves in partisan politics, which will do no good to all of us in Kano State and in Nigeria, of course,” he added.
“Let me say in particular that I would like to seize this opportunity as a Nigerian, as a Kano citizen, and as the Chief Security Officer of Kano State, to condemn the unethical and partisan attitude of the current Commissioner of Police in Kano State.”
