IYC Decries Posting of Four Police Commissioners to Bayelsa in Two Weeks

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has raised the alarm over the recent decision of the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to post four Commissioners of Police to Bayelsa State in less than two weeks.

The Secretary General of the IYC, Mr. Alfred Kemepado, said in a statement at the weekend that it was indeed suspicious for the Force Headquarters to post four commissioners of police to one state within such a short period.

The IYC scribe said the action of the Force Headquarters smacks of a surreptitious plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to use the police authorities to politicise the security architecture of the state, with the sole aim of causing instability and destabilising Bayelsa State.

Kemepado called on the police authorities not to allow themselves to be used by politicians, pointing out that the removal of Don Awunah after working so hard in collaboration with sister security agencies to safeguard the state within a short period of his deployment to the state and the frequent change of guard in the leadership of the Bayelsa State Police Command within two weeks were strong indications of politicisation of security in the state.

He listed the police commissioners, who have been posted to Bayelsa State in the last two weeks to include Joseph Mukan, Ahmed Bello, Ahmad Abdulrahman and Austin Iwar. The IYC scribe recalled the repeated warnings by critical stakeholders in the polity against the politicisation of security, which could cause insecurity in the society.