Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali, says immunity enjoyed by governors will not stop the police from cautioning them over comments on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy.
Alkali stated this while speaking with journalists on Wednesday at the State House in Abuja after the National Security Council meeting meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Governors Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna and Dapo Abiodun of Ogun have openly countered President Muhammadu Buhari on the naira redesign policy.
While the Federal Government has declared the old N500 and N1,000 notes as invalid, the two governors have said the notes remain legal tender pending the determination of a suit before the Supreme Court on the matter.
The IGP who spoke on the comments by the governors and which have been widely criticised as “inciting”, said governors found culpable cannot be prosecuted by the police because they have immunity.
The IGP said, “We all know why the governors have not been cautioned. We are investigating. Whoever does anything can be investigated.
“But for him to be prosecuted, there are some people who have immunity. I think that is one of the reasons, but that will not stop us from cautioning them, from warning them, from advising them; and we are doing so.”