Former vice president of Nigeria and
chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, has debunked the
accusation by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu, that he and others were
responsible for his retirement from the police force in 2002.
Reacting to the Oba’s allegations
published in a section of the media, the former vice president said in a
statement by his media office in Abuja, yesterday that at no time did he
suggest nor propose the removal of Akiolu from the police force.
The statement explained that Atiku
never supervised the Nigeria Police or the Police Service Commission, and
therefore, couldn’t have been part of any alleged plot to force the Oba out of
public service for committing no offence.
The former vice president also said
that he had no power over the Police or the Police Service Commission to remove
anybody for whatever reason from office without committing any offence.
Emphasising that he was not familiar
with Oba Akiolu as at the time the monarch was removed from the force, the
Turakin Adamawa affirmed that he holds the Oba of Lagos in the highest esteem,
stressing however, that he is totally innocent of the allegations the monarch
made against him.
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