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Ntufam Mba Ukweni (SAN) has urged the Senate to concern warrant of arrest on the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris over his refusal to honour the senate’s invitation
The Senate had final week described IGP Idris as an enemy of democracy after he shunned the invitation for the third time.
Speaking to on Wednesday, Ukweni mentioned: “His refusal to honour the invitation exhibits the character of the individuals which might be on the helm of affairs in public places of work.
“If it's in a nation the place folks abide by the legal guidelines, he isn't even supposed to remain there the subsequent second. He alleged to have resigned on his personal.
“The choice accessible to the Senate remains to be there within the legislation however the query is, Senate has the facility to concern warrant for his arrest however who's going to implement it?
“That is the query, could also be these are the areas he's capitalizing on, ‘let me see, I am the IGP, let me see a police man who will come and arrest me’.
“That is the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is not a person, we personalize governance and every issue relating to governance and public interest are personalized.”
He additionally famous additional that, “If you make an assertion that's in public curiosity, they personalize it that you're attacking the President. Even when points you will have raised are correctly addressed and would help in giving a course to correct governance, they trivialize it and personalize it.
“That is why institutions become smaller than the people who occupy it; people who occupy public offices become bigger and larger than the offices they occupy.”