Senate Wednesday passed a vote of no confidence on the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, declaring that he was not fit to hold any public office both within and outside the country.
The red chamber also said that Idris is an enemy of democracy.
This development is sequel to the persistent refusal of Idris to honour the senate’s invitations to brief lawmakers on the spate of killings across the country and the inhuman treatment of distinguished senator Dino Melaye over a matter that is pending before a competent law court.
This is the third time in less one month that the IGP Idris has tirned down the senate’s invitations.
Presiding senate President, Bukola Saraki, after a closed session disclosed the resolutions of the red chamber.
He said, “In a close session, we deliberated the non-appearance of the IGP to the Senate in plenary after series of invitations.
“The Senate believed it was a gross disrespect to this institution and constituted authority. It also noted that the IGP’s refusal to appear before an investigative committee was overruled by a court of competent jurisdiction in April this year.
“The Senate, therefore, view this persistent refusal as a great danger to democracy. And so resolved that the IGP as an enemy of democracy is not fit to hold any public office within and outside Nigeria.
“The leadership of the Senate was also mandated to look into the matter for further action”.
