The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has said that the police is investigating individuals, including state governors, whose utterances were considered to have incited citizens to riot over the naira redesign policy of the federal government.
Speaking after the National Security Council, NSC, meeting, in Abuja, Baba said despite the investigation, the police couldn’t prosecute the state chief executives because they enjoy immunity.
He said, “We all know why. Unless you want to hear from the mouth of the Attorney-General. We are investigating. Whoever does anything can be investigated.
“There are some people, who have immunity. I think that is one of the reasons they can’t be prosecuted now, but that will not stop us from warning them, from advising them and we are doing so. That’s for the incitement by governors.”
On his part, the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said the meeting was fully briefed by the Chief of Defence Staff, the three service chiefs, the IGP and heads of other security agencies, about their readiness to provide the necessary security back-up for Saturday’s poll.
Malami said flowing from this, the Council gave a marching order that the February 25 election should hold as planned.
According to him, the Council’s meeting is a follow-up to earlier meetings of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, and the Council of States held last week to affirm the readiness of the electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the Police and other security agencies to go ahead with the general elections in the country.
