The Police have ordered three serving Senators, Bukola Saraki, Dino Melaye, and Ben Bruce to report next week Monday to the Inspector-General Of Police IGP Monitoring Unit to explain their roles in today’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) protest in Abuja.
The police accused the senators of disturbing public peace, attacking police personnel and destroying government property.
The police further alleged that the senators were captured on camera engaging in some nefarious activities.
In a statement by Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) Ag. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Jimoh Moshood ,he stated that : ” The senators were involved in the disturbance of public peace and public safety, unlawful blockade of Shehu Shagari way for several hours, preventing motorists, road users and other members of the public from having access and passage on the highway, thereby disturbing public peace and public safety and causing innocent people to scamper for safety .
They violently attacked policemen posted to ensure the security of the Force Headquarters, pushing and hitting the Policemen to forcefully enter the Force Headquarters to cause damage to police equipment and government properties are hereby invited to report themselves to the IGP Monitoring Unit at the Force Headquarters on Monday, October 8 for investigation.
The statement further reads : ” Today at about 1330Hrs, unruly and violent protesters who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in their hundreds with thugs and miscreants inside several trucks and vehicles , blocked the Shehu Shagari way , in front of the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters creating a gridlock of traffic on the highway and preventing motorists, road users and other members of the public from having access and passage on Shehu Shagari way , thereby , disturbing public peace and public safety and causing innocent people to scamper for safety.
Suddenly, the unruly/violent protesters surge and rushed violently on the policemen posted to ensure the safety of the Force Headquarters premises, pushing and hitting the Policemen to forcefully enter the Force Headquarters to cause damage to police equipment and government properties.
” The Police team headed by a very senior police Officer despite the provocation, after issuing words of proclamation, warning the unruly PDP protesters who were chanting war songs of ”we no go gree o, we no go gree, we no go gree”, charged the police personnel who used minimum force and dispersed them.
” Senator Dino Melaye, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce and others yet to be identified were recorded on Camera pushing policemen to forcefully enter the Force Headquarters to damage and destroy police equipment and Government properties while Senator Bukola Saraki was at the scene of the attack in his car also captured on camera along with hundreds of miscreants and thugs in the acts of disturbance of public peace and public safety, unlawful blockade of Shehu Shagari way for several hours preventing motorists, road users and other members of the public from having access and passage on the highway thereby disturbing public peace and public safety and causing innocent people to scamper for safety.
” The Inspector General of Police has directed an immediate investigation into this unprovoked and unwarranted attack on the personnel of the Nigeria police and the Force Headquarters premises which is against the law and condemnable. The Force will do everything within the law to bring all perpetrators of this crime to justice, no matter how highly placed they are.
” Consequently, Saraki, Melaye and Bruce who were captured on camera to have been involved in the disturbance of public peace and public safety, unlawful blockade of Shehu Shagari way for several hours preventing motorists, road users and other members of the public from having access and passage on the highway thereby disturbing public peace and public safety and causing innocent people to scamper for safety and violent attack on policemen posted to ensure security of the Force Headquarters, pushing and hitting the Policemen to forcefully enter the Force Headquarters to cause damage to Police equipment and Government properties are hereby invited to report themselves to the IGP Monitoring Unit at the Force Headquarters on Monday for investigation “, he concluded.
He advised members of the public in the FCT to remain calm as the situation was under control, adding that further development would be communicated to the public soon.
