A civil rights group, Incorporated Trustees of Center for Reform and Public Advocacy has dragged the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, before a Federal High Court in Abuja, over his refusal to prosecute the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu for alleged perjury.
The suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1058/2022, dated July 4, was filed on behalf of the organisation by Mike Nwankwo.
It has the Nigerian Police Force and the IGP as 1st and 2nd respondents respectively.
The complaint was titled: “Demand for criminal prosecution of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu under Sections 191,192 and 463 of the Criminal Code Act, Law of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 Consequent upon the Findings of the Lagos State House of Assembly Ad-hoc Committee, 1999”.
The applicant is asking the court for an order of mandamus compelling the respondents to comply with Sections 31 and 32 of the Police Act and Section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2015 in respect of alleged crime laid out in complaint of the applicant encapsulated in the letter of June 16, 2022 received by the respondents on the same date.
It said by Sections 214 and 215, of the constitution and Section 4 of the Nigerian Police Act, 2020, the Police have the statutory responsibility to prevent, detect and investigate criminal allegations whether brought to their notice by individuals, person or persons, corporate bodies, institutions etc.
In the suit, the applicant alleged that Tinubu forged all the educational certificates he listed in his INEC Form CF 001 which he admitted he did not possess in annexure C.
“For purpose of clarity, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the said INEC Form deposed on oath that he attended Government College, Ibadan and University of Chicago, USA when in actual fact he did not.
“On the strength of the above, we respectfully demand that you initiate the criminal proceedings of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu consequent upon the express findings of the Lagos State House of Assembly as captured above”.
No date has yet been fixed for hearing of the fresh suit.
