According to sources, here are the major reasons why Jonathan sacked Suleiman Abba.
1.It was learnt that the controversial governorship election in Rivers State was the main reason responsible for Abba’s removal.It was learnt that the Presidency and the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party were unhappy with the sacked IG for the way he handled the March 28 presidential election.
The police officer, who was elevated to the post only last year, incurred the wrath of the Presidency on the eve of the governorship and House of Assembly elections for allegedly arguing with the government officials over the directive to recall the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in Charge of Zone 6, Tunde Ogunshakin, from Rivers State.
2.He was sacked for not interpreting the script to rig the March 28 and April 11 elections in favour of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The script, according to the PDP high command, was to use police authorities to coerce the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials to rig the vote and return the president in the March 28 election.
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3. He failed to provide sufficient security cover for the ruling PDP agents to rig the general elections for the ruling party after huge funds were released to him by the presidency for that purpose.Sources revealed that IGP Suleiman “committed a litany of sins that have ultimately cost him his exalted position.”
4. Abba was said to have been part of the blueprint at the initial stage but was said to have backed out of the deal at the very last minute, by ensuring that police personnel deployed for election duties showed a high degree of impartiality and fair play for all the political parties.The source revealed that both the president and his henchmen concluded that “Abba reneged and that made the environment conducive for free and fair polls which made the opposition, All Progressive Congress (APC) to attain resounding victory over the PDP in most states, especially in the north.”
5.He was also accused of not being firm on “the directive to capture the two key states of Rivers and Lagos” where he contest was particularly important to both the PDP and the APC.
6. Another source said Jonathan was said to have been particularly irked by Abba’s sudden switch of loyalty to the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the APC soon after Buhari won the March 28 election.They mentioned IGP Abba’s alleged presence at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport during the return of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari from his country home in Daura, Katsina State, and also his presence during INEC’s issuance of the certificate of return to Buhari as indicative of the IGP’s loyalty to the president-elect.
Abba’s tenure is the shortest in the nation’s history: he served as substantive IGP for five months. He was confirmed IGP on November 4, 2014, although he was appointed in acting capacity on August 1, 2014, to succeed Mohammed Abubakar who had retired after 35 years of service.
With his removal yesterday, Abba will proceed on a forced retirement four years ahead of his due retirement time. He enlisted in the Nigerian Police as a cadet inspector on December 31, 1984, and would have been due for retirement on March 22, 2019.
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