Ohanaeze Youth Wing (OYW) has urged the Inspector-General
of Police, (IGP) Mr Ibrahim Idris to go beyond the apology over the illegal
raid on the residence of elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark..
Chief Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, Coordinator of OYW who made
the call in an interview session on Saturday in Yenagoa noted that the apology
to Clark was a welcome development.
The Police raided Clark’s house following a false
information given by an unidentified taxi cab driver, who claimed the Ijaw
national leader was gun-running.
Idris
has since denied authorising the raid by some police inspectors now dismissed
for carrying out an illegal order.
The youth leader who applauded the IGP for the exemplary
display of courage in apologising for the raid urged him to fish out Senior
Officers who authourised the raid as the dismissed officers acted on ‘orders
from above’.
“We welcome and applaud the apology tendered by the IGP
to Chief Edwin Clark, but he needs to take further decisive actions win back
public confidence in the Police.
“This illegal raid is one too many and the IGP should use
it to send the right signals because so many Nigerians are at the mercy of
Policemen on illegal duties.
“The perpetrators of the unauthorised raid met their
waterloo because the victim was a prominent Nigerian; other less prominent Nigerians
suffer daily in the hands of Policemen on such illegal duties.
“Sacrificing the few policemen by their reported
dismissal is nt enough because they
could not have acted alone all one their own, the investigation should be
thorough and those who authourised the raid should be sanctioned.
“There is a need to win the confidence of Nigerians in
the security agencies, the Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo set a good
precedent when he dismissed the former Director-General of DSS over a similar
raid at National Assembly,” Arthur-Ugwa said.
He said that the intervention of Osinbajo restored the
confidence of Nigerians and the International Community on Nigerian democracy
and appealed for the confirmation of the Acting D-G, Mr Mathew Seiyefa as
substantive DG.
He said the appointment of Seiyefa would motivate
officials of the DSS to more dedication to duties as they would aspire to crown
their careers.
“Seiyefa has shown that he is a round peg in a round hole
and the Presidency should confirm his appointment before he retired and doing
so would encourage officers in the DSS to give their best,” Arthur-Ugwa said
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