PSC removes Atiku’s new ally, Naja’atu, from election duties

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has removed a former Director in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Naja’atu Mohammed, from the list of coordinators for the monitoring of police conduct in the February 25, 2023, presidential election.

The APC Presidential Campaign Council had earlier on Monday rejected the appointment of Mohammed as coordinator for the exercise.

The campaign council, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Festus Keyamo, noted that the appointment was not only “callous, it is insensitive, openly confrontational and consequently unacceptable by the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.”

However, the PSC, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, said Mohammed has been replaced by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Bawa Lawal (rtd), who is from the same zone (North-West) with the former APC campaign director.

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Ani stated: “The Commission wishes to state with all sense of responsibility that its Commissioners representing different geopolitical zones have always supervised assignments of the Commission in the geopolitical zones they represent. It was the same with the present national assignment.

“The Commission has however decided to mandate Assistant Inspector General of Police, Bawa Lawal (rtd), who is from the same geopolitical Zone with Commissioner Najatu to take over the coordination of the monitoring of Police Conduct in the zone.

“The Commission will always be sensitive to the wishes of Nigerians and will continue to contribute its quota to the sustenance of the nation’s democracy.

“It wishes to restate its commitment to a free and fair 2023 elections where the Police as the lead Agency in internal security which includes election policing will discharge its duties according to the dictates of the law.”

The Commissioner recently pitched her tent with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.

She has spoken widely on why Nigerians should not elect the APC presidential flag-bearer, Bola Tinubu, in the forthcoming general election.

The Star