The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali, on Wednesday revealed that the force is investigating individuals, including state governors whose utterances are considered to have incited citizens to riots over the naira redesign policy of the federal government.
The IGP disclosed this on Wednesday when he, accompanied by the Attorney General of Federation, Abubakar Malami, briefed the media after the National Security Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The police chief, however, said despite the investigation, the police cannot prosecute the state chief executives because of the immunity they have under the constitution.
Some governors, led by Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, have openly denigrated the Buhari policy, asking their citizens not to comply with the expiration of the legality of the old N500 and N1000 bank notes.
Asked why the governors have not been cautioned, the police boss responded thus: “We all know why, unless you want to hear from the mouth of the Attorney General. We are investigating; we are investigating. Whoever does anything can be investigated.
“But for him to be investigated, some people have immunity. I think that is some of the reasons. But that will not stop us from cautioning, warning, or advising them, and we are doing so. That’s for the incitement by governors.”