The Northern Youth Association of Nigeria (NYAN), on Tuesday, passed a vote of confidence in the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, and urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to disregard any calls for his sack.
While speaking to journalists in Bauchi, the President of the group, Comrade Godiya T Adams, stated that the call for the IGP’s sack was uncalled for and selfish.
“Permit me to thank you all, members of the press present at this briefing. I salute your sagacity in ensuring that the right information is passed to the public,” he commended.
He stated, “Our attention has, in recent days, been drawn to news making rounds of a group of unpatriotic and disgruntled individuals asking President Tinubu for the sack of the IGP.
Here, we want to state without equivocation, fear, or favor, that such actions are not only malicious but selfish and self-centered.
We are hereby calling on our father, the President and Commander in Chief, to disregard such actions and even call such individuals to order, as their actions undermine the efforts of the IGP to bring the Nigerian Police to global reckoning.”
He added, “We are very much aware of the irregularities and corruptions perpetrated by these elements of retrogressive character in the conduct of the recruitment processes of citizens into the Nigerian Police.
The only crime of the IGP was to reject such fouled processes. As Nigerians, we want to assure the IGP that we are solidly behind him on this, as things must be done in the proper way.”
Godiya Adams added, “There have been positives with the Nigerian Police under the stewardship of IGP Kayode Egbetokun, and Nigerians are very happy with the way the Police have conducted themselves in the discharge of their duties.”
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“We urge the IGP to remain focused on giving Nigerians the best police/citizen relationship, as these individuals might stop at nothing to tarnish his hard-earned reputation as a police chief of impeccable antecedents,” he added.
The group added, “We call on Mr. President to constitute a panel of investigation that will properly look into these allegations of misconduct and corruption that have marred the recruitment process and bring defaulters to book.”
He concluded by stating, “We cannot sit back and watch a few selfish individuals dash our renewed hope.
Nigeria is on track to greatness under President Tinubu, and we cannot allow anyone or groups to truncate such progress. Our voices will always be loud.”
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