The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay on Thursday called on the All Progressives Congress, APC, to halt ongoing media attacks on Imohimi Edgal, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, as he has distinguished himself as a highly professional and dedicated officer.
Sagay in a statement issued on Thursday said a highly professional, disciplined, committed and fine public officer like Edgal should not be submitted to attacks from some sympathizers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos.
The senior lawyer who was reacting to a recent article by one Segun Ayobolu, a columnist with The Nation Newspaper said he was shocked by the content of his piece.
“I was very shocked by the extremely savage and vicious attack on our amiable and indefatigable Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal by Mr. Segun Ayobolu in his column in the Nation Newspaper of January 19, 2019. Fine public officers of the quality and caliber of Mr. Edgal, should not be subjected to the type of abuse and excoriation, I have just referred to.
“I was terribly shocked by the content of Segun Ayobolu’s column on Saturday 19 January in which he engaged in a cruel, savage and vitriolic attack against our indefatigable, committed, highly motivated Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal. That publication was a determined effort at damaging the Commissioner’s record and achievements.
“The conspiracy theory about the incident at the APC flag off campaign is unworthy of Segun. He elevated a motor park type gossip into a plausible explanation for the unfortunate incident on the campaign grounds, which could occur at any time in our volatile environment, regardless of who was in charge.
“It is evil to suggest that a trained and highly professional officer like Mr. Edgal could look the other way in the midst of the abrupt and impromptu hooliganism that occurred at the campaign grounds.”
