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South-West governors, under the aegies of South-West Governors’ Forum, SGF, have described as very disconcerting and disgraceful, the exchange between a Chief Supretendent of Police, CSP, and the governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu, the supposed Chief Security Officer, CSO, of the state, at the Magodo Residential Estate.
In a statement signed by the Chairman, Southwest Governors’ Forum, SGF, and governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, the governors further described the content of the video of the altercation, as a display of utter disrespect.
Noting that this is underlined in the response of the officer to the governor, the SGF added that it establishes, beyond doubt, the impracticability of the current system, dubiously christened “federalism.”
Akeredolu said, “An arrangement, which compels the governor of a state to seek clarifications on security issues in his jurisdiction from totally extraneous bodies or persons, is a sure recipe for anarchy.
“We condemn, very strongly, this brazen assault on decency. We call on the Inspector General of Police to explain the justification for this intrusion. This is not acceptable. Any expectations of rapprochement between so called federating units and federal security agencies are becoming forlorn, progressively, due to deliberate acts which mock our very avowal to ethics and professionalism.
“We condemn, in very clear terms, the role of the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, in this act of gross moral turpitude.
“We, on our part, will continue to interrogate the current system, which treats elected representatives of the people as mere prefects, while appointed office holders ride rough shod over them as Lords of the Manor. If the purported Chief Security Officers of the states of the federation require clearance from the office of the IGP on matters within their areas of jurisdictions, only hypocrites will wonder why the current security crisis deepens and there appears to be no solution in the foreseeable future.”
The governors also condemned very strongly, what they described as brazen assault on decency, calling on the Inspector General of Police to explain the justification for this intrusion.
Showing solidarity, the governors wrote, “We stand by our brother, the governor of Lagos State. We advise him to deploy the regional security outfit in the state to protect the lives and property of the people.
“We call on the President and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces to rein in the excesses of certain elements bent on acting in a manner capable of eroding the bond of trust existing between the people and the Federal Government. It is preposterous for political appointees to seek to undermine the very structure of service upon which their appointments rest.”
