Following series of coordinated media attacks on the person and office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, Rising-Up for a United Nigeria (RUN), a front line Civil Society Organisation (CSO) has warned those behind the attacks to desist forthwith.
RUN which prides itself as the bastion of good governance and public accountability revealed that desperate elements bent on sabotaging national security have ganged up to link the impeccable personality of Mr. Egbetokun to one IBD Dende, an alleged smuggler in order to blackmail and implicate the IGP.
In a press release signed and made available to journalists in Abuja over the weekend by its national convener, Amb. Solomon Adodo, the group described as criminal and unpatriotic, attempts to drag the IGP in the mud and tarnish his hard earned professional reputation with the hope of ousting him out of office.
The release stated, “We have read with outmost dismay, attempts by some callous elements who are opposed to the gains of the renewed hope agenda, especially in the area of national security to use the media and make a hullabaloo about a harmless picture in which the IGP is obliviously seen with the said IDP Dende at a public event.
“The unsubstantiated lies that Mr. Egbetokun is providing cover for the alleged smuggling kingpin are nothing but a figment of imagination of those whose stock in trade is blackmail. The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) does not protect Nigerian borders and cannot therefore provide cover for any criminal operating across the border.
“Mr. Egbetokun is a disciplined and highly professional officer who has sanitised the NPF since assumption of office. The proactive manner in which he has tackled crimes, including kidnapping, terrorism, banditry and cattle rustling should be commended instead of these coordinated attacks.”
The CSO urged the IGP to resist all forms of distractions and continue his dogged and determined fight of making Nigeria safe as Nigerians are too knowledgeable to allow miscreants to diminish his towering efforts.
