Nigerians have declared that the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji
Suleiman Abba, is wrong in his decision not to recognise the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, as the Speaker of
the House, despite a subsisting court order.
This is the outcome of a poll on Punch Online, where respondents were
asked to respond to a question: Is the IG in order for refusing to
recognise Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal as the Speaker, House of
Representatives, despite a subsisting court ruling that the status quo
should be maintained in the House? The poll, which started on November 27, ended on December 11, 2014.
During his appearance before a House Committee in Abuja three weeks
ago, after security operatives invaded the National Assembly and
tear-gassed most of the lawmakers, Abba referred to the Speaker as one
Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal. When the lawmakers called the IG’s attention to his refusal to
recognise Tambuwal as the Speaker, the police chief argued that the case
on the status of the Speaker was before the court, and making comments
on it would be prejudicial.
The lawmakers had to dismiss the IG before the committee for his
controversial comment as the House of Reps members accused Abba of
arrogating to himself the power of the judiciary. One thousand two hundred and thirty nine persons participated in the
online poll, where respondents were asked to choose between ‘Yes’ and
‘No’.
Nine hundred and seventy six respondents, representing 79 per cent of
the participants, said Abba was wrong to have refused to recognise
Tambuwal as the Speaker, in view of the pronouncement of the court.
Conversely, 263 respondents, representing 21 per cent of the
participants, supported the IG in his decision not to recognise Tambuwal
as the House of Representatives Speaker despite the ruling of the
court.
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