Lagos APC to Mbu: don’t be partisan

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday advised Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) Mbu Joseph Mbu not to be partisan.

It cautioned the police chief against partisanship in the discharge of his duties as AIG in charge of Zone ‘2’, comprising Lagos and Ogun states.

The party hoped that his redeployment ahead of the elections was not for political reasons, warning that partisanship by a law enforcer of Mbu’s ranking would backfire.

In a statement by its spokesman Joe Igbokwe, APC said it hoped Mbu’s redeployment was not for political reasons.

The party said the partisan role the AIG played when he held the fort as the police commissioner in Rivers State in the face-off between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Rotimi Amaechi was unbecoming of a police officer.

It said the redeployment less than a month to the elections was lending credence to justifiable speculations that would become clearer with the approach of the polls.

The statement reads: “There is little room in Lagos for the kind of hatchet role he played for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State. We therefore advise Mbu to purge himself of the bias and partisanship, which have coloured his career in the police force before he comes to Lagos.

 ”We warn Mbu that he is coming to Lagos, the hotbed of progressivism and the state that harbours the preponderance of Nigerian intelligentsia. As such, he is advised to do away with such untoward tendencies that have made him susceptible to manipulation by the hierarchy of the PDP.

“We want to let him know that naturally Lagos is not tolerant of negative behaviours from cultural savages and people without scruples. So he needs to adjust to the civilised template of Lagos.

“We want to remind Mbu that Lagos is naturally placed to deal with such untoward tendencies that marked his controversial tenure as Rivers State police commissioner. Lagos is still home for all cadres of Nigerian elite and will help him define his career if he lends himself to do the selfish desires of the PDP.

“We therefore advise him to be objective and fair in dealing with all political interests en route February 2015.”