IGP Idris should appear before the Senate as required, says former IGP Abba
By OakTV
12 September 2018 |
10:53 am
Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba yesterday joined several other aspirants vying for senatorial seats on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) when he formally picked the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to represent Jigawa Central at the upper legislative chamber.
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