The Police Service Commission has replaced Hon. Commissioner Najatu Mohammed, who represented women’s interests and the North West in the Commission and was one of the coordinators for the monitoring of police conduct in the February 25th presidential election.
According to a press release issued Monday, February 20, 2023, and signed by the PSC Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, she was replaced with Assistant Inspector General of Police, Bawa Lawal, rtd, who is from the same geopolitical zone as Commissioner Najatu and will take over the coordination of the monitoring of police conduct in the zone.
Recall that the All Progressive Congress Presidential Campaign Council condemned the appointment of Hon. Commissioner Najatu Mohammed, representing women’s interests and the North West in the Commission, as one of the coordinators for the monitoring of police conduct in the February 25th presidential election, which the Council accused of partisanship.
The Statement signed by Festus Keyamo, SAN, Director of Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, rejected the appointment of Commissioner Najatu as Coordinator for the exercise.
The Campaign Council Spokesperson stated in the press statement that the appointment is not only “callous,” it is “insensitive, openly confrontational, and consequently unacceptable by the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.”
“The Commission wishes to state with all sense of responsibility that its Commissioners representing different geopolitical zones have always supervised assignments of the Commission in the geopolitical zones they represent.” It was the same with the present national assignment, the statement said.
Ani further said that the Commission will always be sensitive to the wishes of Nigerians and will continue to contribute its quota to the sustenance of the nation’s democracy.
He restated the PSC’s commitment to free and fair 2023 elections, where the police, as the lead agency in internal security, which includes election policing, will discharge their duties according to the dictates of the law.
