First Lady Patience Jonathan acted
unconstitutionally by summoning some Borno State government officials over the abduction of more than 200 school girls in Chibok, a member of the House of Representatives, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said. The lawmaker who was reacting to last week’s summoning of Borno State Police Commissioner
and the governor’s wife as well as the school principal.
Rep Dabiri-Erewa said the first lady does not have the constitutional powers to summon any public officer.
Addressing journalists shortly after yesterday’s plenary, Dabiri-Erewa said: “it is unthinkable that a first lady could summon a Commissioner of Police.
“That office is not recognized by the constitution. Summoning public officials like a Commissioner of Police goes beyond the powers of the first lady.
It’s like summoning the IGP (Inspector General of Police). She has gone beyond the limit of that
office.” Dabiri-Erewa who is the chairperson of the House committee on Diaspora also condemned Monday’s arrest of some women who came out to protest against the abduction of the school girls in Chibok, Borno State on April 14.
While describing the arrest as “unreasonable,”
Dabiri-Erewa said “Let us stop the harassment of the Nigerian women because nothing will stop the Nigerian women until these girls are back.”
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