Indigenes of Edo State under an umbrella group called Concerned Citizens of Edo State have demanded that the State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Haliru Gwandu should immediately comply with his redeployment by the Police Service Commission (PSC).
The group, which led protests from Edo House to the Louis Edet House and the National Assembly complex in Abuja, on Monday, decried the insistence of the commissioner of Police in Edo State, Mr Gwandu, to hold on to his office after being posted out of the command about three months ago.
They called on the presidency, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and the National Assembly, to prevail on the matter, and see to it that the PSC posting is obeyed to the latter.
In a letter addressed to leaders of the National Assembly and the Presidency signed by its coordinator, Hon. Henry Okpamen, the group said, “We, the concerned citizens of Edo State, are gathered here today to share our pains with Mr President, the President of Senate and the Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives and all their members on the worsening security situation in our State. While Mr Governor and his Cabinet, with cooperation from the revered Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, are working round the clock to encourage investments into Edo State, the Inspector General of Police has refused to support the government of Edo State in this effort.”
They said that the centrality of Edo State has made it vulnerable to people from different parts of the country, who come in with sundry interests, noting that Okada, Okpella, Ekenwan, Auchi-Ekpoma-Benin axis of the state are flashpoints of crime, which call for responsive and intelligent policing.
