M.D Abubakar
Here's something you all need to know about your new acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar. Culled from The Will
Nigeria’s
New Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed D. Abubakar is a
religious fanatic, according to a White Paper released by the panel
that reviewed the 2001 Jos crisis.
The
Justice Niki Tobi led panel also indicted Abubakar for his "ignoble
role in the crisis" and recommended that he be forced to retire
immediate from the force, and even went as far as recommending his
sack, if he declines a request to resign honourably, following his
complicity in the killing of Christians in Plateau State during the
religious crisis in that state.
If all this is true, then I finally give up on this government.
Justice Niki Tobi is a highly respected retired Supreme Court Justice.
Abubakar was an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge of Zone 5,
but was Plateau State Commissioner of Police during the crisis in 2001
during the administration of former Governor, Mr. Joshua Dariye.
The panel was constituted on September 7, 2001 to review and proffer
solutions to the perennial religious crisis that has plagued the state,
but its report was eventually made public on February 16, 2010, local
paper The Nation reported.
A
newspaper journalist that followed the panel’s investigations and
several interviews conducted as part of its exercise told THEWILL on
Wednesday that from the testimonies received from respondents, it was
obvious that Abubakar took sides with the Muslim/Hausa community, while
they massacred Christians during the conflict.
His appointment as Acting IGP is also coming at a time when the Boko
Haram has placed a Fatwa on all Christians living in Northern Nigeria.
It is however not clear why the panel’s recommendation on his sack was
not implemented. State Governments have little or no control over the
police force or the Police Service Commission.
The White Paper released by the Plateau State Government said:
"Religious fanatics should not be posted to head state police commands.
The commission recommends that for his ignoble role during the
September 2001 crisis which resulted in the loss of lives, the former
Commissioner of Police, Plateau State Command, Alhaji M.D. Abubakar, be
advised to retire from the Nigeria Police Force and in the event of
his refusal to do so, he should be dismissed from the service."
The panel further said, "The non-implementation by government of the
report of previous commissions of enquiries and in particular the
report of the commission of enquiry into the riots of April 12, 1994 in
Jos metropolis (the main features of which are very similar to the
September 2001 civil disturbances) is a sure recipe for a repeat
performance of such disturbances".
"There was strong and convincing evidence before the commission that:
on April 11, 1994, just a day before the fateful day, Alhaji Yaya Aga
Abubakar, the President of Jasawa Development Association, in the
company of Alhaji Aminu Mato’s younger brother, Sanusi Mato, held a
meeting at Masallaci Juma at Jos with the Jasawa community during which
they resolved to carry out a demonstration the following day.
"So, Yaya Abubakar and Sanusi Mato were directly connected with riots.
They were the leaders of the insurrection that brought disaster and
shame to Jos metropolis, to Plateau State and to Nigeria, that brought
death and destruction of lives and properties".
