BY SEGUN ADEBAYO, ABUJA – The Senate on Thursday summoned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the snatching of the Senate mace that was retrieved by the Police in the early hours of today.
Speaking at plenary on Thursday, Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, noted that upper legislative chamber found it imperative to summon the IGP and the DSS DG to appear before it next week so as to brief it on the outcome of investigation regarding the mace-snatching incident.
Describing the invasion of the Senate by hoodlums as “a very sad testimony, a derogation and total smear on our democracy and nation,” Ekweremadu further said, “Ugly and provocative as the event of yesterday was, it showed the entire nation and the world stood together in total condemnation of the desecration of the national assembly by those who hold themselves above the law.,”
“Despite the return, we believe there should be consequence for bad behaviour. Therefore, we hold that it will be a detour to the state of nature where life was lawless and brutish if what happened yesterday is allowed to go unpunished and swept under the carpet. It will never happen. We will get to the root of this matter.
“We therefore call on the inspector-general of police and the Director-General of SSS to ensure that all those who plotted, aided, abated and executed this dastardly affront on our democracy and belittle Nigerians before the international community must be brought to book to serve as a deterrent to others.
“We will be inviting them next week to brief the senate on the state of investigations.”
