Tambuwal slams police boss Mbu, over protest ban

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has blasted the Commissioner of Police for Abuja, Joseph Mbu, for ordering a ban on protests urging increased government action for the release of abducted schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State.
The ban, imposed by Mr. Mbu on Monday, was reversed a day after following widespread condemnation.
The police high command denounced Mr. Mbu’s action, saying protesters were free to hold daily sit-in, provided they remain peaceful.
The protests have held for more than a month since more than 200 girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in Borno State.

The speaker said the ban was “unacceptable” and vowed that the House will treat the police commissioner’s order with the “seriousness that it deserves”.
“To buttress our descent into the pits of reckless disregard for the rights of citizens, the nation recently woke up to the sad dawn of a Commissioner of Police acting on his own initiative, without clearance from his superiors and in flagrant contravention of the clear Constitutional guarantees of the right of citizens audaciously purporting to ban the peaceful assembly of Nigerians,” Mr. Tambuwal said.
“This is an unacceptable abridgement of the rights of Nigerians to freedom of speech, association and peaceful assembly, and this House must treat this matter with the seriousness it deserves.”
Source:Premiumtimes