Senator Ishaku Abbo Assault and Matters Arising

     

     The latest saga of a Senator (Ishaku Elisha Abbo) slapping a salesgirl has brought to the fore reasons why our politicians should not be given police protection. The Senator,  41,representing Adamawa-North Senatorial district slapped and assaulted the said nursing mother at a sex toy shop just for intervening in a dispute between the shopowner and the Senator. Earlier,  one of the Senator entourage, a lady,  had vomited inside the shop. This led to the altercation between both parties. This  ordinarily should have been settled amicably but for the headiness and power drunkenness of the youthful Senator.
      It really beats me how on earth an individual should be given 24hr protection by the state. Protection against whom? Alas, the status quo will continue if we continue to do the same thing over and over and expect a different result. In saner climes personal security are taken personally. We have a plethora of private security outfits in Nigeria who have the abilities to provide personal security for anyone so willing. The second  plank of my argument is that a police man could be seen and heard corralling the poor lady at the behest of the overlord, the Senator. Did he know that it is illegal, according to the Nigerian Constitution, to be the accuser, the judge, and the executor of a judgment? Nemo judex in causa sua is how the law puts it. You cannot be a judge in your own case. Or,  does the police man know this but,  because he knows which side his bread is being buttered, he chose to heed the master's voice?

    It is well that the Senator has tendered his unreserved apologies.  The ball is in the court of the victim to pursue a claim in court in a civil suit,  if she so desires or the state can take it up as a criminal case. The police officer must however be reprimanded and dealt with according to the police rules and regulations in order to serve as deterrents to  other officers regarding public and official conducts.  It is arguable that the crime against the hapless lady wouldn't have been perpetrated without the active connivance of the state,  as represented by the said police officer.

  The police is always complaining of insufficient manpower to tackle the onerous security situations in the country. To now think police officers are allocated to individuals as bodyguards beats me. Every now and then one hears the police has resolved to withdraw all its personnel from the role of security details to individuals,  only to realise  it is another vacuous red herring. The deceit goes on ad infinitum.
  As the latest saga unravel it is my fervent hope that lessons have been learnt by all parties involved as we go forward.
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Senator Ishaku Abbo Assault and Matters Arising

     

     The latest saga of a Senator (Ishaku Elisha Abbo) slapping a salesgirl has brought to the fore reasons why our politicians should not be given police protection. The Senator,  41,representing Adamawa-North Senatorial district slapped and assaulted the said nursing mother at a sex toy shop just for intervening in a dispute between the shopowner and the Senator. Earlier,  one of the Senator entourage, a lady,  had vomited inside the shop. This led to the altercation between both parties. This  ordinarily should have been settled amicably but for the headiness and power drunkenness of the youthful Senator.
      It really beats me how on earth an individual should be given 24hr protection by the state. Protection against whom? Alas, the status quo will continue if we continue to do the same thing over and over and expect a different result. In saner climes personal security are taken personally. We have a plethora of private security outfits in Nigeria who have the abilities to provide personal security for anyone so willing. The second  plank of my argument is that a police man could be seen and heard corralling the poor lady at the behest of the overlord, the Senator. Did he know that it is illegal, according to the Nigerian Constitution, to be the accuser, the judge, and the executor of a judgment? Nemo judex in causa sua is how the law puts it. You cannot be a judge in your own case. Or,  does the police man know this but,  because he knows which side his bread is being buttered, he chose to heed the master's voice?

    It is well that the Senator has tendered his unreserved apologies.  The ball is in the court of the victim to pursue a claim in court in a civil suit,  if she so desires or the state can take it up as a criminal case. The police officer must however be reprimanded and dealt with according to the police rules and regulations in order to serve as deterrents to  other officers regarding public and official conducts.  It is arguable that the crime against the hapless lady wouldn't have been perpetrated without the active connivance of the state,  as represented by the said police officer.

  The police is always complaining of insufficient manpower to tackle the onerous security situations in the country. To now think police officers are allocated to individuals as bodyguards beats me. Every now and then one hears the police has resolved to withdraw all its personnel from the role of security details to individuals,  only to realise  it is another vacuous red herring. The deceit goes on ad infinitum.
  As the latest saga unravel it is my fervent hope that lessons have been learnt by all parties involved as we go forward.
Www.krskoyo.blogspot.com