Adamu Mohammed, a former
commissioner of police in Enugu state, has been appointed acting
inspector-general of police (IGP).
A police
source disclosed this, saying the appointment would be made public any moment
from now.
The source said Mohammed, who
hails from Nasarawa state, was “transferred out of relevance”.
He was said to have been
appointed from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS),
Kuru, near Jos.
Mohammed was a deputy
commissioner of police in Ekiti state and had served at the Interpol. He rose
to the rank of assistant inspector general of police (AIG).
His appointment lays to rest the
controversy surrounding the tenure of Ibrahim Idris, outgoing IGP. There had
been reports on the plots to extend Idris’ tenure but opposition parties kicked
against it.
Idris was expected to have
retired on January 3 after completing the mandatory 35 years in service.
A senior presidency official revealed
that President Muhammadu Buhari had asked the attorney-general of the
federation, Abubakar Malami, for a legal opinion on the possible extension of
Idris’ tenure.
The source said Buhari is
favourably disposed to extending Idris’ tenure “by two to three months” but
would not want any legal issues around it.
“The president has asked Malami
for a legal opinion on the tenure extension. He does not want to take any
decision that will be upturned by the courts,” the official said.
For the first time PMB is using his senses. But even so the ethnic stench still pollutes the environment.
ReplyDeleteWhen Jona was playing the ethnic card, u looked the other way. Well too bad cos it's PMB till 2023
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