The Police Service Commission (PSC) has replaced Naja’atu Muhammad as the coordinator for the North-west zone following protests by the Presidential Campaign Council. All Progressive Congress (APC).
The PSC, in a statement issued on Tuesday by Ikechukwu Ani, head of press and public relations, said the council has replaced Ms Muhammad with Bawa Lawal, a retired assistant inspector general of police, who is also from the North-west.
The commission recently named national, zonal and state coordinators to oversee the conduct of police assigned to election duties.
However, on Monday, the spokesperson of the APC campaign council, Festus Keyamo, in a statement cursed appointment of Ms Muhammad as PSC coordinator for North-west and requested her removal.
The campaign described Ms Muhammad’s appointment as callous, insensitive, confrontational and unacceptable to the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.
Speaking in a statement issued by the APC, Mr. Ani said the commission is sensitive to the concerns of Nigeria, and therefore, decided to replace Ms. Muhammad.
“The Commission wishes to state with responsibility that the Commissioners representing the different geopolitical zones always monitor the duties of the Commission in the geopolitical zones they represent. It is the same as the current national duties.
“The commission will always be sensitive to the wishes of Nigerians and will continue to contribute quotas for the sustenance of the nation’s democracy.
“We wish to reiterate our commitment to a free and fair 2023 election where the police as the lead agency in internal security which includes electoral policing will carry out their duties according to the dictates of the law,” the statement said.
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Ms Muhammad was a director at the APC campaign council before she defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to support the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
In a subsequent interview after exiting the campaign, he claimed that APC candidate Bola Tinubu had no plans for the North and lacked the physical fitness to run for president.
In the counterclaim, the APC campaign said that Ms. Muhammad was fired by the campaigncompetence. It is also alleged that he mole.
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