*Police blame
herdsmen for destruction of farmlands in Anambra
An Ad-hoc
committee of the House of Representatives has reprimanded the Kano State Police
Commissioner, Rabiu Yusuf, for being partisan and for failing to live up to his
civic responsibilities.
The Toby
Okechukwu-led panel, which probed the need to avert a breakdown of law and
order in Kano and other infringements in the country recommended Yusuf’s
removal over his inability to ensure a cordial relationship among the Kano
political class. The committee was constituted after the adoption of a motion
sponsored by Aliyu Sani Madaki (APC Kano) on February 28, 2017.
The report,
which specifically probed the claims that some policemen invaded the residence
of Sani Mohammed Aliyu Rano in Kano was laid on the floor of the House presided
over by the Speaker Yakubu Dogara yesterday. The report, which would be
considered for adoption by the 360 member House recommended that the Police authorities
in Kano should desist from being partisan and strive to maintain a cordial
relationship among the political class and the people of the state.
It further
recommended that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, should
transfer Yusuf to another state command. The committee maintained that posting
a new commissioner to the state would bring about a fresh, healthy and peaceful
relationship within the political class in the state and create the enabling
environment for peace to thrive.
It further
recommended that the officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),
Ikeja, Lagos namely: Inspector Idris Adamu; Sergeant Lewis Dila; Sergeant
Adedokun Abiodun; Corporal Gogol Yitpowe and Corporal Isah Hashim breached due
process when they invaded Rano’s residence in Nasarawa Quarters, Kano without
search warrant.
In a related
development, the House of Representatives has enjoined the National Agency for
Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to immediately ban the sale of
codeine and other ‘harmful’ drugs in the country. Adopting a motion sponsored
by Abdulsamad Dasuki (APC Sokoto), the lawmakers directed NAFDAC to ensure that
codeine was only dispensed through prescription and only sold in hospitals.
Dasuki,
while leading debate on the motion particularly stressed the need to stop abuse
by banning the sale of codeine and tramadol over the counter and the need to
address their abuse in northern Nigeria.It is believed that about three million
bottles of codeine are consumed in Kano and neighbouring Jigawa State.
He urged
NAFDAC to introduce punitive measures against medical practitioners who sell
opioid medications without a notarised prescription by a qualified medical
doctor.Meanwhile, the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Garba Umar, has
blamed the destruction of farmlands on the invasion of herdsmen from
neighboring states.
He said the
rising incidence of herdsmen invasion has become an ugly trend, which has
become a source of concern to the state, saying the new set of herdsmen who
arrived the state were ignorant of the agreement between the state government
and the Fulani Community.
Lamenting
the development, residents of Anaku Community in Ayamelum Local Council of the
state had sent a save our souls (SOS) message to the state government over what
they described as unrestricted destruction of their farmlands and intimidation
by the herdsmen.The traditional ruler of the community, Igwe Peter Oforkansi,
who briefed newsmen, said the ugly trend was already ravaging the community.
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