SIR: We are very much aware that the new posting of AIG Joseph Mbu to Lagos is already eliciting negative responses from far and wide because of his reputation as a law officer who lacks civility, public decorum, respect for constituted authority and the constitution.

   The actions of Joseph Mbu in his last three postings in Oyo, Rivers State and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory still rank high as embarrassment to the image of the Nigeria Police.  

   We recall vividly how Mbu as the Rivers State Commissioner of Police had a running battle with the government and people of Rivers State through insubordination and undermining the office of the governor and the constitution by compromising the security of the state for political reasons. We also recollect how as the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mbu attempted to undermine the constitution through assault on the constitutional right of Nigerians to assemble and associate, which was overturned by the then IGP and eventually declared null and void by a court of law only recently.

    As Mbu settles down to his new posting as AIG Zone 2, we at Centre for Rights and Grassroots Initiative, CRGI, want to use this medium to admonish him to ensure strict observance to the tenets of the constitution as a responsible and dutiful police officer in the discharge of his duty which is already a subject of discourse because of his antecedents as a partisan, police officer.

    We as well want to warn that Lagosians are highly intelligent, dynamic, sophisticated and law abiding people who will not tolerate any police officer no matter his status who attempts to violate the constitution through lawlessness and partisanship in the discharge of his statutory responsibility.

   Once again, we welcome Mbu to Lagos State, the Centre of Excellence and do hope and pray that he conforms to the constitution in carrying out his duty to the joy and admiration of all.

• Nelson Ekujumi,

Executive Director, CRGI,

Lagos.