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By Tayo AFOLABI
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been commended over the directive to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) ordering the immediate sealing of the 17 Local Government Secretariats in Plateau State to prevent a breakdown of law and order in the state.
In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Hon Slyvanus Namang made available in Jos, the All Progressives Congress (APC) said the decision was in fulfillment of one of the main campaign promises of the President to strictly observe the rule of law as provided by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria no matter whose ox is gored.
The party also commended the IGP Usman Alkali Baba for his swift directive to the Commissioner of Police, Plateau State Command, CP Bartholomew Onyeka, to ensure the implementation of the directive without delay.
The APC condemned in strong terms the illegal dissolution of Local Government structures in the State only two days after Governor Mutfwang’s assumption of the Governorship of the State and the appointment of Interim Chairman for the 17 Local Government and their nocturnal swearing-in irrespective of a subsisting Jos High Court injunction.
“The Party and the good people of Plateau State heave a deep sigh of relief the curbing the excesses of the Plateau State Government which has ascended to power with a vindictive mindset instead of seeking the Federal Government’s assistance and collaboration to curb the incessant insecurity which has led to the loss of precious lives of our citizens and destruction of property with the recent ones being in Mangu the Governor’s Local Government of origin”.
The party, while commending the police for implementing the directive to it, appealed to the Commissioner of Police to go beyond the sealing of the Local Government Secretariats and execute the subsisting court order restraining Governor Mutfwang from tampering or interfering with democratically-elected structures at the grassroots.
It therefore APC appealed to its teeming members and supporters to remain calm in the face of the unprovoked acts of the state government and allow the law to take its course.
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