The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali, says the force is investigating individuals including state governors whose utterances are considered to have incited citizens to embark on riots over the naira redesign policy of the federal government.
Briefing correspondents alongside the Attorney General of Federation, Abubakar Malami, after a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, he said despite the investigations, the police cannot prosecute the state chief executives because they enjoy immunity.
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Some governors led by the Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai had openly denigrated the Buhari policy, asking their citizens not to comply with the expiration of the legality of the old N500 and N1000.
Asked why the governors had not been cautioned, the Police boss stated: “We all know why, unless you want to hear from the mouth of the Attorney General. We are , we are investigating. Whoever does anything can be investigated.
“But for him to be investigated, there are some people who have immunity. I think that is some of the reasons. But that will not stop us cautioning them, from warning them, from advising them, and we are doing so. That’s for the incitement by governors.”
Editor: Ena Agbanoma
