The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said that he will appear before the Senate ad-hoc committee set up to probe allegations of misuse of power and financial malpractices against him.
The allegations were made against him by Isah Misau, senator representing Bauchi Central, Bauchi State.
His resolve to appear before the panel contradicts his earlier decision.
He had filed a suit to stop the Senate from probing him.
According to him, it was a deliberate attempt to humiliate him.
His counsel had also told the Senate that appearing before the Senate would be against the law since the case was already in court.
But insisting that the court could not stop it from carrying out its duties, the Senate vowed to issue a warrant of arrest against Idris.
But in a sharp contrast to his earlier position, Idris has said that he would honour the invitation by the Senate.
Speaking with State House Correspondent shortly after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, he said he did not like to be disrespectful to the legislative house.
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“We are discussing with our legal team. Obviously, if there is need, we are going to appear for the sake of having respect for the Senate. I will appear before them,” he said.
Speaking on his visit to the president, Idris said the preparation for the November 18election in Anambra and other security situations in the country were discussed.
Said he: “Obviously, I am here to discuss with the commander -in-chief on the security challenges we are having and how we will face these security challenges adequately.
“The security challenges are obvious. You know we are having elections in Anambra State and we are having challenges in various part of the country especially some of these issues of kidnapping and these are things I discussed with the president and the measures taken to address it squarely.
“For the Anambra election, obviously we are deploying a lot of police officers, about 21,000 police officers to be able to provide adequate security.
“We are deploying our water boats to take care of the waterways, we are deploying our helicopters to take care of the aerial surveillance and we are deploying our conventional policemen and special police units to take care of situations on ground and by the grace of God we are going to have a successful and peaceful elections in Anambra State.”
