2023 poll: IPAC rejects purported deployment of Yusuf Kolo as Kano CP
The Kano State chapter of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), the umbrella body of registered political parties in Nigeria, has rejected an alleged plan by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), to deploy commander of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Kano, Kolo Yusuf, to Kano as commissioner of police.
Besides, IPAC alleged that the Kano State government and other powerful forces at the centre have lobbied the Inspector General of the Police to deploy Kolo Yusuf as the new commissioner in charge of Kano.
In a statement issued after an emergency meeting in Kano, signed by the Deputy Chairman of IPAC, Isa Nuhu Isa Danfulani, who is the state chairman of Zenith Labour Party, along with fifteen chairmen of other political parties, demand immediate change of the purported posting of Yusuf to Kano.
The group said according to an online outlet, Daily Nigerian, the IGP, who is out of the country, had given the governor assurance of the posting after his return from an oversea trip.
IPAC alleged that Yusuf was involved in a gruesome murder case of a good citizen of Kano in person Abdullahi Alfa, who was beaten to death by the defunct SARS under his leadership, who was found guilty in a suit number FHC/K/H/CS/84/2013 at a Federal High Court in Kano.
The political bodies recounted on the efforts of notable leaders such as Late of Emir Ado Bayero and Late Bashir Tofa, who wrote a petition against Yusuf praying for his transfer out of Kano.
IPAC added that the deployment would also cripple the fragile peace in the state and possibly cause pandemonium during elections because the said police officer is known for flagrant abuse of power.
The political parties enjoin the IGP and the Police Service Commissioner to carefully select a professional police commissioner to be deployed into the state.
“There have been fears over attempt to destroy the peaceful co-existence Kano enjoys ahead of 2023 elections, as it may be recalled that the governorship candidate of the ruling APC and his deputy, were caught in election malpractice during the 2019 governorship election.
“We wish to also thank the present CP Samaila Dikko, who will be retiring soon and the AIG zone 1, for their professional conduct of duties in Kano.
As good citizens and political leaders, we want to reassure of our commitment to cooperate with any commissioner of police with good character and attitude posted to Kano State, but we unanimously reject the purported posting of CP Kolo Yusuf,” the statement read.
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