{"id":18518,"date":"2018-05-03T15:13:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18518"},"modified":"2018-05-03T15:47:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:47:29","slug":"ig-snubs-senate-again-but-visits-elrufai-for-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18518","title":{"rendered":"IG SNUBS SENATE AGAIN BUT VISITS EL&#8217;RUFAI FOR CONSULTATION?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18350\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sheriff-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ej6je-0-0\">The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has condemned the decision of the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to snub the senate\u2019s invitation twice.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"1dm02-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1dm02-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1dm02-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"adm0o-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"adm0o-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"adm0o-0-0\">For the second time, Mr Idris on Wednesday failed to appear before the senate plenary despite a formal invitation.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"adm0o-0-0\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"bn264-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bn264-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bn264-0-0\">He was invited to answer questions on the arrest of a senator, Dino Melaye, and killings across the country.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"1fj37-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1fj37-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1fj37-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"69esf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"69esf-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"69esf-0-0\">The police boss was first summoned on Wednesday, April 25, but he failed to appear.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"8ctg8-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8ctg8-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8ctg8-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"bn264-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"69esf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"69esf-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"2tbcs-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2tbcs-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2tbcs-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"6f9i4-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6f9i4-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6f9i4-0-0\">\u201cI don\u2019t want us to labour too much. At the upper chamber, we must show maturity and statesmanship. I don\u2019t think anybody who has been around enough to observe the practice of our democracy knows that this action cannot be right.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"fpjbn-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fpjbn-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fpjbn-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"4pdtj-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4pdtj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4pdtj-0-0\">\u201cUnder constitutional powers, it requires the IG to come and give a report on the incident involving a colleague and the incessant killings happening in the country. He has felt that he cannot come and wants to delegate it to a junior to come,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"1fvcm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1fvcm-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1fvcm-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"5du6f-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5du6f-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5du6f-0-0\">He noted that no police IG has ever refused to appear before the senate since Nigeria started practising democracy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"9pbsm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9pbsm-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9pbsm-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"baf7c-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"baf7c-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"baf7c-0-0\">The Senate President advised his colleagues to give the police boss one more week to reflect and make his appearance.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"8hall-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8hall-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8hall-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"acvcm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"acvcm-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"acvcm-0-0\">\u201cNo IG has ever refused to appear before the Senate since we started practicing democracy. I don\u2019t think that has happened before. But we must know these actions are danger to our democracy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"9k5lv-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9k5lv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9k5lv-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"ef95d-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ef95d-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ef95d-0-0\">\u201cAgain, we cannot say it is just to us because the President told us that he told him to go to Benue and the man refused to go to Benue and he is sitting there and he is doing this. I want to appeal to our colleagues, let us approach this in two ways.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"ae7j7-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ae7j7-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ae7j7-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"biknr-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"6c0qm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6c0qm-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16121&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"37vfv-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"37vfv-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"37vfv-0-0\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"biknr-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"biknr-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"biknr-0-0\">\u201cOne way, we give him another period for him to reflect the enormity of his action because whatever happens today sets a precedence for future and as such it is important that we do not allow issues like this.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"2tfll-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2tfll-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2tfll-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"6c0qm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6c0qm-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6c0qm-0-0\">\u201cThe leader of the Senate and the Chairman on Police should engage with the executive and send our position. There are powers we can exercise which are not in the interest of us making progress in this country. Since the beginning of the year, over 500 or 600 have been killed and we believe that the man in charge of enforcing this does not think he needs to sit down with Senate to engage with us when there is something wrong somewhere.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"37vfv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"37vfv-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1ic6\" data-offset-key=\"dqhhf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dqhhf-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dqhhf-0-0\">\u201cSo let us hold and give them time within a week and come back to us and I am sure that wisdom would prevail.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"dqhhf-0-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IG-AND-EL-RUFAI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18519\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IG-AND-EL-RUFAI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IG-AND-EL-RUFAI.jpg 700w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IG-AND-EL-RUFAI-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IG-AND-EL-RUFAI-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has condemned the decision of the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to snub the senate\u2019s invitation twice. \u00a0 For the second time, Mr Idris on Wednesday failed to appear before the senate plenary despite a formal invitation. 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