The Senate on Thursday said it would order the arrest of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, over his failure to appear before the ad hoc committee it set up to probe allegations and counter-allegations between him and Senator Isa Misau.
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The threat was issued by the committee’s chairman, Senator Francis Alimikhena after Idris failed to appear before the panel on Wednesday on the pretext that the matter between him and Senator Misau was sub judice.
Speaking to newsmen on the failure of the IGP to appear before the panel, Alimikhena said, “Most of the allegations levelled against him (IGP) and virement were not part of what they went to court for. This committee was constituted before the IG went to court, the court case will not deter our committee because following the principles of separation of powers, no court can stop our committee.
“By Section 89(c) and (d) of the constitution, we are still going to invite the IGP to appear before us to answer specific questions like virement of 2016, 2017 appropriation acts, and oversight functions.
“So, I just want to let you know that the Inspector General of Police will not be appearing this afternoon (Wednesday) but we are going to write him again to appear before us on Tuesday next week. Otherwise we will be forced to invoke Section 89(c) of the constitution.”
Misau appeared before the panel last week, during which he made more allegations against the Police boss, including how Idris gave two Sports Utility Vehicles to Mrs. Aisha Buhari.
The Senate on October 4, 2017, resolved to probe Misau’s allegations against the IGP.
